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.
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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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2026
Taiwan Association for Victim Rights' Opinions on the Amendments to Articles 63 and 101-1 of the Crime Victim Rights Protection Act (Including Comparison with the Ministry of Justice's Draft)
Taiwan Association for Victim Rights' Opinions on the Amendments to Articles 63 and 101-1 of the Crime Victim Rights…
2026
Civil Society Version of the Amendments to Articles 78-1 and 79-1 of the Criminal Code
The Executive Yuan's proposed amendment to Article 78-1 of the Criminal Code fails to fully reflect the intent of…
2025
Op-Ed | The "NT$32 rice cooker case" Reflects the Ministry of Justice's Sluggish Legislative Amendments
The "NT$32 rice cooker case" has recently sparked heated social discussion. Although subsequent debates arose over…
2025
Statement｜Moving Beyond Policy Declarations to Immediately Initiate Legislative Engineering for the Protection of the People: JRF Statement on the Legislative Yuan's Passage of the "Artificial Intelligence Basic Act"
Regarding the "Artificial Intelligence Basic Act" (hereinafter the "AI Basic Act") passed by the Legislative Yuan…
2024
Legal Opinion on the Executive Yuan's Draft Amendments to the Communication Security and Surveillance Act and Related Recommendations by the JRF
The Judicial Reform Foundation's draft amendments and comments regarding the Executive Yuan's version of the…
2024
NGO Version Draft | Amendments to Articles 245 and 245-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Following discussions in meetings regarding the amendments to Articles 245 and 245-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure…
2024
Q&A | What is the Dispute in the Legislative Yuan About? Five Key Takeaways on the Legislative Clashes
Due to the Legislative Yuan's plenary session handling bills such as "congressional reform," severe physical clashes…
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
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…