Event Sidelights & Records

15Jul.
2026

Sidelights | President Lai, What You Truly Should Care About on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Questioning Where the State's Responsibility Lies Through the Cases of Ch'iu Ho-shun and Su Chien-ho

New York Pro Bono Volunteers

While Su Chien-ho's criminal case resulted in a final acquittal back in 2012, his civil compensation litigation is…

15Jul.
2026

Sidelights | Wandering Courts for 35 Years: The Injustice and Solidarity in the Su Chien-ho Case

Han-fu / JRF Intern

Spanning over thirty years, the Su Chien-ho case has yet to reach its final conclusion due to supplementary civil…

07Jul.
2026

Sidelights|Why Is It Still Hard to Understand Despite All This Talking? — A Dialogue Between Law and Social Work

Compiled by Charles, Alyssa, Melody, Eva, Frank

Following the social worker case involving the child Kai-kai, robust dialogues between social workers and legal…

29Jun.
2026

Sidelights | The Distance Between Punishment and Healing: Rethinking Justice for MeToo Survivors

Checked by P'eng Jen-yü (Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica); Written by Liao Hsiang-wei (Pro Bono Volunteer, New York State)

"Can the judiciary truly offer victims an opportunity to breathe and heal?" In recent years, the MeToo movement has…

10Jun.
2026

Sidelights | Mock Trial: Workplace Vengeance Case

Jenny Bi / Pro Bono Hours Intern

This lies at the core of the precious legal education value of mock trials. Beyond introducing students to actual court…

05May.
2026

Sidelights | The Difficulty of Language: Looking at Gender-Based Harm through the Lens of Shame

JRF Taichung Office

Beyond the "perfect story" demanded by the judiciary and public opinion, can we build a public language that genuinely…

09Apr.
2026

Sidelights | When the Law Becomes a Tool for Secondary Victimization: Curator Li Tzu-tung Discusses the Truth and Trauma of "What We Thought We Knew"

Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation

The special exhibition "What We Thought We Knew" is not only an art exhibition, but also a profound reflection on…

30Mar.
2026

Post-Event Report: "Diverse Judicial Accountability: The Next Decade of Attorney Ethics and Professional Conduct" Symposium

Judicial Reform Foundation

On December 14, 2025, the Judicial Reform Foundation, alongside multiple committees of the Taiwan Bar Association,…

25Mar.
2026

Sidelights|Understanding and Handling Racial Discrimination on Campus|Workshop

New York Pro Bono Attorney

In recent years, discriminatory speech on campus has appeared with increasing frequency, causing psychological and…

26Feb.
2026

Sidelights | The "Wrongful Conviction" and "Relief" of Wrongful Conviction Classmates: When Su Chien-he Met Hsu Tzu-chiang | 2026 International Book Exhibition Lecture

Yeh Wen-chi / Volunteer for the Su Chien-he Case

As we waited to enter the book exhibition, it suddenly started to rain, giving the sensation of someone's life changing…

26Feb.
2026

Sidelights | Why is the Constitutional Court Unable to Function? An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis? | 2026 Taipei International Book Exhibition Lecture

Chao Pei-an / JRF Intern

On February 5, the JRF visited the Taipei International Book Exhibition. Amid the turmoil surrounding the Judicial Yuan…

24Jan.
2026

Sidelights | The Past, Present, and Future of the Technological Investigation Act

Taichung Office, Judicial Reform Foundation

With the evolution of digital technology, traditional "physical investigations" are gradually being replaced by highly…