Judicial Reform Foundation

#Human Rights #Rule of Law #Justice #Fairness

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ORGANIZATION ADDRESS

7F., No. 3, Ln. 90, Songjiang Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104094

ORGANIZATION INFO

The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1995 by a group of human rights lawyers in Taiwan. The JRF is committed to the protection of human rights and the rule of law by reforming the judicial system in Taiwan. Now we have two offices in Taipei and Taichung. Through casework, campaign and advocacy, rights education, and legal research, it has been pushing for enhanced transparency and justice in the criminal procedure. It is in this context that the JRF also monitors the performance of the court and the prosecutors in Taiwan invoking the international standard and principles.

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Job Position

Tutor

Lumi Chao

Attorney at Law

co-supervisor

Brief Introduction of the Department

【Complaint Center & Digital Law Research Group】

Research on judicial systems and regulations and advocate for the enactment or amendment of necessary clauses that promote human rights.
Combine civil forces to supervise the proper operation of the judicial system, and promote and urge reform of the judicial system.
Monitor the quality of judicial personnel and their judgments.

Department Staff Number

Less than 5 people

Internship Job Description

In this digital age, various technologies are evolving rapidly. From the early development of the metaverse to the current advancements in artificial intelligence, technology continuously brings groundbreaking developments to humanity. However, behind these advancements, these technologies might involve potential infringements on people's privacy, freedom of speech, or property rights. To ensure that nations safeguard human rights while embracing technological growth, JRF established the Digital Law Research Group. We hope to comprehensively formulate guidelines to protect the fundamental rights of people in the digital era.
This internship position primarily assists JRF in analyzing and integrating the current developments in digital regulations and technology systems across different countries. After the analysis and integration, we expect interns to provide their insights, further promoting discussions on digital regulations in our country.

Preferred Intern Skill Sets or Qualities

Law: Priority will be given to students who have studied in the field of public law or information law and are interested in issues such as personal data protection laws, how data should be opened up, how data exchange should be facilitated, speech regulation on digital platforms, and how virtual assets should be protected and implemented.
Information Engineering: No specific field of study is required, but students are expected to be interested in the aforementioned legal issues and be able to communicate with law students, explaining how the professional language used in information engineering should be incorporated into legislation.
Political Science: No specific field of study is required, but similarly, students are expected to be interested in the aforementioned legal issues and be able to interact with law students on how to use their political science expertise to lobby our country's parliament, facilitating the smooth amendment of the aforementioned regulations.

Others

Salaries (subsidies) not provided.
Benefits not provided.

ORGANIZATION ADDRESS

7F., No. 3, Ln. 90, Songjiang Rd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104094