Legislative Recommendations
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Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Litigation
Procedural and Substantive Law ReformReforms to litigation procedure and substantive law that most directly affect ordinary people, including citizen participation in trials, criminal and civil procedure, drug policy, administrative litigation, and forensic science and expert testimony.
Court Organization
Court Structure and OrganizationOrganizational issues concerning how courts operate and how cases are assigned and adjudicated, including the highest judicial bodies, the Constitutional Court, audio and video recordings of court proceedings, court interpreting, and reducing the workload of judges and prosecutors.
Judges, Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, and Police
Systems for Legal ProfessionalsLegislative research and amendment proposals on systemic issues concerning judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and police officers, including their training, evaluation, removal, and rights.
Protection of Rights
Safeguarding Individual RightsLegislative issues concerning the protection of individual rights, including criminal immunity for helping professionals, the digital rule of law, crime victims' rights, mental health, criminal compensation, state compensation, legal aid, and habeas corpus.
Comprehensive Policy Blueprint
Cross-Disciplinary Reform PlanningComprehensive judicial reform planning that goes beyond individual bills and spans multiple fields, reflecting the JRF's vision for the overall direction of judicial reform.
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2023
Bill Provisions | JRF Version of the Amendment to Article 40-2 of the Criminal Compensation Act
1. In response to the deletion of Article 7 in this amendment, and to thoroughly review past instances where…
2023
Seminar Summary | Comprehensive Review on the 40th Anniversary of the Enforcement of the State Compensation Act: Attribution Principles, Judicial Accountability, and Academic Seminar on the NGO-Proposed Draft
This seminar was delighted to welcome legal experts concerned with this issue for the opening remarks. The opening…
2023
Press Conference | Seizing the Legislative Yuan's Final Session: Targeting Five Arrows for Judicial Reform Policy
This month marks the opening of the new session of the Legislative Yuan, which is also the final session of the Tsai…
2023
Civilian Version of the Amendment to the Money Laundering Control Act (Adding the "Crime of Unjustified Delivery of Accounts", Including Comparison with the Executive Yuan Version)
Paragraph 1 of the draft amendment explicitly excludes circumstances in the current judicial practice that are most…
2023
NGO Version of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Expert Evidence Chapter) Amendment (Including Comparison with Judicial Yuan and Executive Yuan Versions)
Polygraph results reflect subjective opinions presented after questioning the examinee through certain methods…
2023
NGO-Proposed Amendments Position Paper | What to Do When Threatened with the Distribution of Intimate Images
On March 10, 2022, the Executive Yuan passed draft amendments to the Criminal Code, the Act for Prevention of Sexual…
2023
Comparison Table of Provisions | Proposed Amendments for the Four-Act Joint Defense Against Digital Sexual Violence: Taiwan Association for Human Rights' / Judicial Reform Foundation's Suggested Comparison Table of Provisions
Regarding the Executive Yuan's draft amendments to the Criminal Code, the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act, the…
2022
The Judicial Reform Foundation's Comments on the Amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act
Regarding the draft amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act proposed by the Judicial Yuan, the Judicial…
2022
Comparison Table of CSOs' Proposed Provisions for the Crime Victim Rights Protection Act
The ten key amendment points released in the civil-society draft by the Crime Victim Protection Association on…
2022
Taiwan Judicial Reform Foundation's Comments on the Amendment to the Enforcement Rules of the Constitutional Court and Lay Assessor Act
To observe and continually revise the implementation of the Enforcement Rules of the Lay Assessor Act, these comments…
2022
Press Conference on the NGO-Draft Amendment on Sexual Intimate Images | Official Draft Has Loopholes, Must Fully Eradicate Rampant Digital Sexual Violence
On March 10, 2022, the Executive Yuan passed amendment drafts for the Criminal Code, the Act for Prevention of Sexual…
2022
Comments on the Formulation of the Regulations under Paragraph 3, Article 232 of the Administrative Litigation Act
We hereby provide our comments regarding the formulation of the regulations under Paragraph 3, Article 232 of the…