Legislative Recommendations
This page features three types of materials:
Click an issue below to visit its dedicated page and browse the materials the JRF has produced in that area over the years, including press releases, statements, draft amendments, commentaries, public hearing testimony, and special newsletter features.
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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2019
Q&A on Paragraph 2, Article 19 of the Whistleblower Protection Act
On October 30, the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee of the Legislative Yuan held cross-party caucus…
2019
Q&A on the Controversy Surrounding the NGO Draft Amendments to the Judges Act
Recently, the NGO draft amendments to the evaluation chapter of the Judges Act proposed by our foundation have drawn…
2019
Establishing a System to Eliminate Unfit Judges and Prosecutors That Meets Public Expectations: Press Conference Calling on the Legislative Yuan to Support the NGO Draft Judges Act
According to Judicial Yuan statistics, in 2000 Taiwan had 1,464 judges, 4,569,114 newly received cases for the year,…
2019
The Public Can No Longer Wait for the Mechanisms to Remove Unfit Judges and Prosecutors: Press Conference Calling for the Accelerated Deliberation of the Judges Act and the Release of the Draft Provisions on Official Supervision
Since the National Consultative Conference on Judicial Reform was convened, three outcome reports have been issued, yet…
2018
JRF's Comments on the Judicial Yuan's Draft "Lay Participation in Criminal Trials Act"
The Judicial Reform Foundation's comments regarding various provisions in the Judicial Yuan's Draft "Lay Participation…
2018
Achievable Justice is an Undeniable Duty—Explanation of the Draft Amendment to Article 7-11 of the Enforcement Act of the Code of Criminal Procedure
A criminal conviction not only hinders individuals in their job searches and entry and exit clearance, but if the…
2018
Overhauling the Evaluation System to Tell the Good from the Bad: Press Conference on the Release of the Draft Amendments to the Judges Act Evaluation Chapters
The recent sexual harassment case involving a judge has once again severely undermined public trust in the judiciary.…
2015
Seminar | Draft Organization Act of the Prosecutors Offices (Private Version) and Recommendations Seminar
Criminal justice activities are composed of three roles: the judiciary (judges), prosecutors, and the defense…
2015
Is It Reasonable to Sentence Anyone Who Publishes Court Recordings to Imprisonment? ～ Joint Statement Opposing the Draft Article 90-4 of the Court Organization Act
Public trial is the most fundamental principle of the rule of law. Except for cases where open trials are explicitly…
2013
Amending the Law to Prevent Unconstitutional Wiretapping ~ JRF Releases Draft Amendments to the Communication Security and Surveillance Act
On October 28 this year, our Foundation held a press conference titled "Idiot! The Key Lies in the Telecom Rooms! –…
2012
Allowed to Watch, but Not to Judge? Allowed to Speak, but Your Voice Doesn't Count?!—Civil Society Organizations' Statement on the Judicial Yuan's Draft "Provisional Statute for Lay Assessor Trials"
Grounded in the ideal of judicial democratization, we support the introduction of a system for "lay participation in…
2010
The Culmination of Judicial Disgrace?! Establish an Evaluation Mechanism Immediately to End Public Grievances Against the Judiciary - Press Conference on the Draft Judges and Prosecutors Evaluation Act
In collaboration with Yahoo! Kimo, the Judicial Reform Foundation conducted an online poll on public grievances against…