Newsletter

2021
From the Courtroom to the Exhibition: A Generational Project of Memory | Reflections After the Taipei "No Such Person" Exhibition
After seven years of litigation failed to produce criminal accountability for the March 24 Executive Yuan violent…

2021
Freedom Dreams, Then and Now | Hong Kong and Taiwan's Occupation Movements and Freedom of Assembly
A Hongkonger studying in Taiwan reflects on political awakening, the Umbrella Movement and 2019 Hong Kong protests,…

2021
Receiving the River Spirit's Dumpling: After Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 796
After Interpretation No. 796 led to the release of people whose parole had been revoked for minor offenses, JRF met…

2021
A Reference Point for Reform: The Light and Shadow of the Minor-Offense Parole Revocation Project
This retrospective traces the litigation, constitutional-review, legislative, organizational, and public-advocacy…

2021
Entering the Bathhouse: Behind the Minor-Offense Parole Revocation Project
Using Spirited Away's bathhouse as a metaphor, this retrospective reconstructs JRF's year-long effort to assist 73…

2020
Joining JRF in an Era of Expansion: An Interview with Attorney Huang Ying-Chia
Huang Ying-Chia served from 2016 to 2019 as JRF's first full-time staff attorney. Her work on legislation, judicial…

2020
Growing Up with JRF: An Interview with Attorney Chiao Cheng-Hsiang
Attorney Chiao Cheng-Hsiang first joined JRF as a university intern, later worked in the Complaint Center, and…

2020
Looking Toward the Future: Children in the Spaces of Judicial Reform
Children often appear at JRF meetings and events because their parents devote evenings and weekends to judicial-reform…

2020
Judicial Reform Through Diverse Perspectives: An Interview with Professor Chen I-Chien
Professor Chen I-Chien, a former JRF standing executive committee member and current supervisor, reflects on gender…