▍Outline of Policy Plans for 2027

        Approved by the Judicial Yuan at its 221th meeting on June 25, 2026

Introduction

1. Core Vision and Policy Background

Guided by the principle that the judiciary serves the people, the Judicial Yuan’s Policy Plan for the 116th Year comprehensively outlines four core areas: ‘Constitutional Litigation’, ‘Trial Administration’, ‘Judicial Administration’ and ‘General Administration’. Due to rapid changes in the social environment in recent years, a growing awareness of rights, coupled with the implementation of new laws and regulations relating to the protection of human rights, courts at all levels are facing the severe challenge of a sharp increase in both the volume and complexity of cases, and the judiciary is facing an unprecedented manpower shortage. In addition to continuing to deepen judicial reform, safeguarding human rights and ensuring judicial independence, this year’s policy plan prioritizes ‘the comprehensive allocation of judicial resources, the active introduction of technology-assisted solutions, and the deepening of measures to reduce the root causes of litigation’, aiming to effectively alleviate the judicial challenges posed by staffing shortages and excessive workloads at the grassroots level, thereby creating a sound and supportive judicial working environment.

2. Summary of Long-Term Policy Priorities in Four Key Operational Areas​

(1) Constitutional Litigation: Deepening Openness and Enhancing Efficiency

• Rolling Review of the System: Continuously reviewing the effectiveness of the Constitutional Litigation Act and related subsidiary legislation, whilst actively engaging in exchanges to align with foreign constitutional litigation systems.

• Transparent and User-Friendly Procedures: Strengthen the openness of information in the Constitutional Court; enhance the overall quality of case handling and administrative efficiency by optimizing website search functions, document concealment, and utilizing an online filing platform.

(2) Trial Administration: Strengthening the Functions of the Various Levels of Court and Professional Adjudication

• Upholding Rigorous trial of fact: Promote the implementation of centralized trials and strict rules of evidence in civil, criminal and administrative litigation; ensure the stable operation of the Grand Chamber system to guarantee consistency in the application of the law.

• Improving the citizen judge system and professional courts: Continuously evaluating the effectiveness of the new citizen judge system, and enhancing the capabilities of judges handling juvenile, family, labor, commercial and tax cases, as well as mechanisms for expert participation.

(3) Judicial Administration: Enhancing Dialogue and Performance Management

• Deepening Social Engagement: Strengthen responses to public sentiment; utilize diverse channels to enhance dialogue with society; and optimize resource sharing between courts and institutions physical visits to the public and cross-sectoral forums.

• Strengthening Internal Self-discipline and Performance Management: Implementing performance management and evaluation mechanisms in accordance with the administrative programme; improving internal judge self-discipline and external evaluation mechanisms; and enhancing public trust in the judiciary.

• Ensuring Court Security and Order in Courtrooms: Strengthening the professional capabilities and crisis response capacity of bailiffs; effectively implement enforcement litigation command; and ensuring order in courtrooms.

(4) General Administration: Strengthening Logistical Support and Cybersecurity

• IT Security and Hardware Upgrades: In accordance with cybersecurity regulations, strengthen zero-trust identity verification and data leakage prevention mechanisms; steadily upgrade obsolete hardware; optimize the IT environment; and continue to promote the digital transformation of the judiciary.

• Ethics and Accounting Support Management: Implement risk management and anti-corruption awareness campaigns; and prudently prepare and compile budget estimates and final accounts to improve the effective utilization of national resources.

3. Specific Implementation Strategies to Improve Staffing Shortages and Reduce the Burden on the Judiciary

In order to actively address the concerns of frontline staff regarding excessive workloads, this year’s plan sets out four key strategies specifically targeting ‘reducing the burden on the judiciary’ and ‘optimizing staffing levels’:

(1) Conducting a comprehensive review of staff allocation and flexibly supplementation of support staff

• Dynamic adjustment of budgetary staffing levels: Conduct a comprehensive review of staffing allocations across all agencies, flexibly adjust budgetary staffing levels, and properly assess the actual operational needs of courts at all levels, so as to fully support judicial proceedings and auxiliary personnel.

• Continue to implement diverse recruitment: Actively recruit outstanding lawyers, prosecutors and other legal professionals to serve as judges, thereby diversifying the source of judges and alleviating the pressure on talent recruitment caused by reliance on a single examination channel.

• Promote judicial stress reduction and implement physical and mental wellbeing support in the judicial workplace: Comprehensively implement judicial stress reduction policies, continue to organize and promote the Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), conduct workshops on coping with work-related stress and emotional management, and implement health check-up promotion schemes, striving to build a healthy and supportive judicial workplace environment.

(2) Introduce smart technology to enhance the efficiency of judicial administration

• Developing AI technology to reduce workload: Actively promoting and utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance judicial administration and provide appropriate support for trial-related matters, thereby directly reducing the workload of judicial staff at the system level.

• Optimizing workflows and error prevention: Continuously improving the efficiency of automated processes for electronic case files and the concealment of publicly available documents, thereby reducing repetitive manual operations and the risk of errors.

• Optimizing Systems in Response to Frontline Recommendations: Implementing system enhancements in response to suggestions from court clerks regarding the optimization of judicial administration, thereby effectively addressing the time-consuming nature of document-related tasks at the frontline.

(3) Promoting Diverse ADRs and Case Process Management to Reasonably Divert Cases at Source

• Actively promoting mediation to reduce the volume of litigation: Expanding the scope of mediation in civil, family and criminal cases, as well as in administrative litigation. By integrating social resources and enhancing the professional skills of mediators, aim to facilitate the amicable resolution of disputes outside the court system, thereby effectively reducing the caseload of judges.

• Establishing review tribunals to perform timely case interception: Enhance the effectiveness of case management by promoting the establishment of review tribunals. Prior to litigation cases entering oral proceedings or ordinary trial procedures, these tribunals will carry out appropriate interception and preliminary matters to expedite the proper conclusion of cases.

(4) Simplification of court documents and refinement of the policy on the publication of judgements

• Simplification of court documents and refinement of redaction techniques for published judgements: Whilst safeguarding the right to a fair trial, we will continue to promote the simplification of court documents, review the policy on the publication of judgements, and refine concealment technology.

4. Summary

This year’s policy outline, whilst pursuing the quality of judgments and safeguarding human rights within the judicial system, has placed measures to alleviate the judicial workload at its core, such as improving the working environment, allocating reasonable staffing levels, and introducing technology to assist trials. It is hoped that through comprehensive resource integration and process reform, the challenge of insufficient judicial staffing will be gradually overcome, thereby realizing the principle of ‘justice for the people’ through more efficient judicial services and a more reasonable working environment.

▍(I) Constitutional Litigation

1. Study and amend the Constitutional Court Procedure Law and related sub-laws in a timely manner to assist the Grand Justices in hearing cases

(1) In response to the practical operation of the constitutional litigation system, continue to review the necessity of amending the Constitutional Court Procedure Law, trial rules and related sub-laws.

(2) Analyze the statistical data of the Constitutional Court and to review the overall effectiveness of the constitutional litigation system in a rolling manner, and provide reference for the review of the system.

(3) Drawing on the experience of constitutional litigation systems and judicial practices in other countries, carefully examine feasible avenues for optimizing Taiwan’s constitutional litigation system to bring it into line with international standards.

2. Constitutional litigation procedures should be open and transparent, and measures should be taken for the convenience of the public

(1) In line with the amendment of relevant laws and regulations and the practical operation of the Constitutional Court, timely update the FAQs, guidelines and sample documents for constitutional litigation, and provide the public with information on the procedures for filing constitutional litigation to facilitate constitutional litigation.

(2) Provide online progress inquiries for parties involved in constitutional litigation cases and the publication of the full list of cases under review in the public pleadings form and the case lists of cases to facilitate quick access to case consolidation and progress updates for parties.

(3) Proactively provide information on cases in which public oral hearings or explanatory sessions are held.

(4) The oral hearings and pronouncements of decisions of the Constitutional Court will be broadcast publicly in an appropriate manner and real-time sign language interpretation services will be provided to protect the rights of people with disabilities to access justice.

(5) A special section for amicus curiae is set up on the Constitutional Court's website which shall provide people, institutions, or groups other than litigants can immediately inquire about the time limit for applying permission to serve as amicus curiae from the Constitutional Court.

(6) Gradually release the documents and materials in the files of inadmissible cases that are under centralized management but are still within the statutory retention period.

(7) Continue to promote the openness of information by the Constitutional Court; provide access on the website to statistics on the receipt and conclusion of cases, and make appropriate use of visualization charts to simplify the presentation of case data, thereby making the judiciary more transparent and accessible.

(8) Improve the statistical information operation system; through data collection and analysis, enhance the quality of the Constitutional Court’s statistical information services and data.

(9) Continue to promote the use of the Judicial Yuan’s electronic litigation documents service platform (including online filing of indictments) for the transmission of constitutional litigation documents; encourage litigants, relevant authorities, experts, academics and amicus curiae to file documents online, thereby facilitating public access and enhancing the efficiency of procedural handling.

3. Optimize Information Application Systems, Introduce Cross-System Data Integration, and Enhance the Efficiency of Constitutional Litigation Adjudication and Administrative Operations

(1) Improve the efficiency and consistency of electronic case files and the concealment of publicly available written documents, thereby reducing the risk of repetitive tasks and human error; furthermore, introduce a statutory citation support function to enhance the overall quality and timeliness of case handling.

(2) Refine the data retrieval functions on the Constitutional Court’s website to enable users to access the required judgements or relevant information more accurately and quickly; further establish a cross-system data integration mechanism to reduce the burden of manual data entry and improve the timeliness and consistency of judgment data.

(3) In conjunction with the Court’s promotion of technology-assisted measures and the establishment of on-premises computing resources, safely utilize AI tools to appropriately support judicial and administrative operations, and enhance the efficiency of judicial administration.

4. Conduct practical training for personnel in constitutional litigation and adjudication, and improve relevant supporting regulations

(1) Regularly conduct practical training on constitutional litigation to continuously enhance the professional knowledge of auxiliary trail and administrative staff, thereby improving trial efficiency.

(2) In accordance with relevant legislative amendments and practical operational needs, to timely update the operating manuals and drafts of official documents for associate justices and clerks.

5. Promote international judicial exchanges between the Constitutional Court and various sectors, as well as internationally

(1) Actively promote judicial exchanges with international constitutional courts or constitutional bodies, thereby broadening the Constitutional Court’s international visibility and perspective.

(2) Continue to translate important domestic and international constitutional judgments; compile and publish the Constitutional Court’s annual report in English; and submit Justices’ Interpretations and Constitutional Court judgments that comply with the formatting standards of the Venice Commission (European Commission for Rule of Law and Democracy) CODICES database for inclusion therein; promptly update the content of the Constitutional Court’s English-language website to enhance the Court’s visibility in international constitutional adjudication practice and to promote transnational comparative constitutional research.

(3) Hold the academic seminars or special lectures for Grand Justice every year to enhance the Constitutional review process exchanges between the practice of the Constitutional Court and the academia.

(4) Cooperate with public appointments and foreign groups’ visits to the Constitutional Court, and send personnel to explain the changes to the constitutional litigation system and the practical operation of the Constitutional Court.
(5) Print introductory materials on the Constitutional Court to enhance public understanding of the powers of the Constitutional Court and the Grand Justices.

6. Handle the transfer and destruction of Grand Justices' interpretation case files and Constitutional Court litigation files to improve archive management.

(1) Continue to handle the litigation files of Grand Justices' interpretation cases under the old system and the judgments and substantive rulings of the Constitutional Court under the new system; once the 25-year retention period has expired and the files have been archived, they shall be classified as national archives and transferred to the National Archives Administration of National Development Council for public access and utilization.

(2) With regard to case files relating to cases dismissed without consideration or other concluded cases handled by the Constitutional Court or the Review Chamber under the new system, once the five-year retention period has expired and the files have been archived, their archival value shall be assessed. Based on the results of this assessment, a destruction plan shall be drawn up and a destruction catalogue compiled; these shall be submitted to the Archives Administration Bureau of the National Development Council for review, after which the files shall be destroyed at regular intervals.

▍(II) Trial Administration

1. Strengthen various levels of court, enhance the results of trials

(1) Implementing the centralization of civil litigation proceedings to ensure both the fairness and efficiency of trials. Strengthen the fact-finding function of the first instance to ensure it serves as a solid fact-finding stage; the second instance shall operate under a strict review system; the third instance shall serve as a strict legal review, and a leave-to-appeal system shall be adopted.

(2) Promote and implement strict rules of evidence in criminal trials so that the court of first instance would be the fact-finding court and continue to strengthen the court’s fact-finding function. The court of third instance would be the review of law court that would help quickly finalize important cases to increase the efficiency of the litigation process.

(3) Implement a robust first-instance system in administrative litigation, build a solid first instance administrative court as the central fact-finding trial, Supreme Administrative Court being the review of law trial, focusing on the important legal interpretations and applications, and consolidating various legal opinions.

(4) Maintain the smooth operation of the Grand Court system to ensure consistency in the application of the law, in accordance with the requirement for legal certainty under the principle of the rule of law.

(5) Supervise and encourage all levels of the court to properly handle all cases and related administrations to protect the people’s rights and interests.

(6) Supervise and encourage the Disciplinary Courts to quickly and effectively deal with cases related to the disciplinary actions of the public servants and judges, prosecutors and cases concerning the duties of a judge to maintain judicial dignity and protect the rights of civil servants.

(7) Supervise Intellectual Property Courts of the Intellectual Property Court and the Commercial Court and the ordinary courts to handle the intellectual property litigation and trade secret protection cases, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of Taiwan’s industries.

(8) Promote the digital transformation of the judiciary, refine the electronic procedures for intellectual property litigation, and optimize the online system processes for applications for detention, so as to enhance the efficiency of case hearings.

(9) Establish a regular seminar mechanism to analyze procedural and substantive legal disputes arising from various types of cases, and provide relevant legal advice for judges’ reference when handling cases, so as to improve the quality of judicial decisions.

(10) Review the current status of specialized courts in a timely manner; based on the structure and specialized nature of cases, as well as the allocation of personnel and resources, to conduct rolling assessments of the necessity for establishing specialized courts (divisions) and their operational mechanisms; to strengthen specialized adjudication and the accumulation of experience; and to enhance the efficiency of proceedings and the quality of judgements.

2. Perfect the legal system, increase judicial efficiency

(1) Study and revise the Code of Civil Procedure and related subsidiary legislation to respond to contemporary trends and practical needs, amend relevant provisions concerning service of process, retrial procedures, parties’ pleadings and the preparation of court records, with a view to refining the civil litigation framework, enhancing the efficiency of adjudication, promoting the rational use of judicial resources, and alleviating the burden on the courts, thereby achieving procedural economy.

(2) Implement the purpose of establishing specialized labor courts, utilizing professional, efficient, and convenient special procedure for labor cases, to effectively resolve disputes between employers and employees.

(3) Implement the legal system of commercial case adjudication, review the scope of such cases, expand the range of commercial matters falling within the jurisdiction of intellectual property and commercial courts, and establish a rapid, appropriate and professional commercial case adjudication mechanism to quickly resolve commercial disputes.

(4) Study and revise the legal framework governing enforcement proceedings, ensuring that creditors fulfil their duty to provide evidence to avoid futile enforcement, thereby making the relevant legal framework more comprehensive.

(5) Study and revise the legal framework governing debt liquidation to promote the sound development of the social economy.

(6)Continue to study the relevant sub-laws of notarization, to perfect the regulations governing the difference of duties between the public notaries and court notaries, thereby further perfecting the notarial system.

(7) Study and amend the Criminal Procedure Law to create a solid fact-finding system; and draft simplified evidence investigation procedures to protect the rights of parties involved and maintain procedural economy, thereby implementing an efficient criminal trial procedure.

(8) Actively promote the system of victim protection and litigation participation, implement the system for victims’ statements on the impact of the offence; and ensure that victims can make statements regarding sentencing information and the scope of sentencing during trials, thereby safeguarding their procedural autonomy and rights.

(9) Continue to renew the sentencing information system, invite experts and scholars to study the current sentencing factors of various types of criminal cases and their influence on the degree of punishment to facilitate practical sentencing reference.

(10) Improve the sentencing legislation so as to promote fairness, appropriateness, transparency and reasonable predictability in sentencing, and continue to study the "Draft Criminal Cases Proper Sentencing law".

(11) Implement investigation and debate in the sentencing process and continue to promote pre-sentencing investigation-related services.

(12) Discuss the amendment for the Criminal Compensation Act, to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the victims.

(13) Promote and improve a solid first-instance system for administrative litigation, continue to monitor its practical operation, and conduct rolling reviews and optimization of relevant measures to enhance judicial efficiency.

(14) Promote the implementation of the ‘Tax Administrative Matters Trial Act’ to establish a professional, efficient tax administrative litigation system in line with international trends, thereby safeguarding the rights and interests of the public.

(15) Continue to study and amend the Public Functionaries Discipline Act and related sub-laws, to perfect the discipline regime.

(16) In response to practical operational needs, continuously conduct rolling reviews and refine the Intellectual Property Case Adjudication Act and its subsidiary legislation to further improve the adjudication of intellectual property litigation.

(17) Enact and amend important laws and regulations of the juvenile justice system, in order to conform to the purposes of the various human rights treaties, and also to safeguard the sound and self-growth of juveniles and to strengthen the protection of the victims.

(18) Continue to refine the standardized procedures for pre-trial investigations conducted by juvenile investigation officers and develop specialized reporting modules to enhance the appropriateness of juvenile protection measures and improve the effectiveness of their implementation; continue to promote the use of reliable and valid high-risk screening scales and implement risk management plans for juvenile probation, whilst conducting rolling reviews of their effectiveness and making improvements; and promote the establishment of restorative justice mechanisms for juveniles and the training of specialist manpower.

(19) Continue to review and revise regulations relating to family matters (such as the Rules of Procedure for Family Matters) and reform the training system for family investigators and procedural supervisors, implement due process guarantees, seek the best interests of minor children, and deal with family disputes appropriately and quickly.

(20) Continuously review the effectiveness of the expert lay assessor system under the Mental Health Act and the implementation of related supporting measures; strengthen professional training for lay assessors; and link mechanisms such as legal aid and procedural supervisors, in order to establish a speedy, professional, and comprehensive expert review and adjudication system through the division of labor and collaboration of inter-professional integration and incorporation of diverse perspectives in order to safeguard the rights and interests of people with disabilities.

(21) Continue to promote the professionalization of judges in adjudication, strengthen the system for expert participation and the effectiveness of expert assessments in professional or special cases, review relevant regulations such as the ‘Guidelines for Courts’ Expert Consultation’ as appropriate, and regularly update the register of expert consultants to further refine the expert consultation system, thereby ensuring cases are concluded appropriately.

(22) Enhance the effectiveness of case process management and improve the pre-trial review division’s ability to divert and filter cases in a timely manner. Promote the establishment of civil review divisions to handle matters that can be addressed before litigation cases proceed to oral arguments or ordinary trial proceedings; adjust the case assignment process to accelerate the proper resolution of cases; and plan for case process management based on the complexity of civil enforcement cases to enhance enforcement efficiency.

(23) Continue to enhance the professional capabilities of judges and presiding judges handling juvenile and family cases, refine professional development mechanisms, optimize expertise in the juvenile and family justice system, and protect the rights and interests of the people in litigation (e.g., courses on knowing about childhood adversity and trauma, and protecting children's right to express their opinions).

(24) Develop the use of artificial intelligence technology to improve judicial administration and assist in trial-related matters, thereby enhancing judicial efficiency and reducing the workload of staff.

3. Improving the Citizen Judge System

(1) Assessing the Current State of Operational Practice and Strengthening Related Supporting Measures

1. Operational Practice and Feedback: Continuously gather feedback on issues and suggestions arising from operational practice to refine the Citizen Judges Act and other relevant legislation and supporting measures, and to respond promptly to the needs of judicial practice.

2. Case Sharing and Support Mechanisms: Organize experience-sharing sessions for professionals to gather suggestions from practitioners involved in specific cases, thereby providing a basis for delivering effective support.

(2) Enhancing the professional knowledge in court trial and Administrative Efficiency

Plan and deliver professional training courses for Citizen Judges required for practical needs, and continuously optimize and revise relevant guidelines governing court procedures for handling cases involving Citizen Judges.

(3) Ensuring the Rights and Safety of Citizen Judges

1. Implementing Protection and Care: Continuously improving Citizen Judges’ entitlements to official leave, the protection of their personal data and personal safety, and various care measures, to ensure that Citizen Judges can fulfil their duties in a worry-free environment.

2. Optimizing Facilities and Spaces: Continuously optimizing the spaces associated with Citizen Judges courtrooms and expanding the functionality of relevant systems to facilitate the smooth operation of trial proceedings.

(4) Diversified Public Engagement and Active Promotion

1. Cross-sectoral promotional cooperation: Strengthen public awareness that participation in trials as a Citizen Judge is both a right and a duty through multifaceted outreach in schools, communities, government agencies and civil society organizations.

2. Enhancing information dissemination: Utilize diverse media and platforms, such as cross-sectoral coordination and the dedicated Citizen Judges website, to provide timely updates and enhance public engagement with and awareness of the system.

(5) Deepening System Research and International Alignment

1. Independent and Commissioned Research: Encourage practitioners from the judiciary, prosecution service and defenses to conduct thematic research, and commission experts and academics to carry out courtroom observations, as well as qualitative and quantitative surveys.

2. International experience exchange: Invite foreign scholars or experts to visit Taiwan, or learn from the practical experience of public participation in trials from other countries through video conferences.

(6) Evaluation of the System’s Effectiveness and Policy Recommendations

1. Annual Effectiveness Evaluation: The ‘Committee for the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Citizen Participation in Trials System’ shall continue its operations, collecting official statistics and questionnaire data on a case-by-case basis, and submitting regular evaluation reports.

2. Collection of Evaluation Materials and Data: Continuously using methods such as courtroom observation, comparative legal research and analysis of practical judicial rulings, key issues will be identified for further analysis and deliberation, thereby laying the groundwork for a comprehensive evaluation and recommendations for legislative amendments following the conclusion of the effectiveness assessment period.

4. Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to effectively reduce the volume of litigation

(1) Promoting civil, family mediation, the referral of criminal cases to mediation, and mediation in administrative litigation, review and amend relevant legislation whilst integrating social resources to enhance the professional knowledge and mediation skills of mediators; and explore the introduction of a pre-trial case management mechanism prior to family mediation to ascertain the parties’ needs and the judicial and social resources available to them, thereby increasing the parties’ willingness to participate in family mediation, ensuring that disputes of all kinds are resolved swiftly and amicably, and effectively reducing the volume of litigation.

(2) By integrating diverse service resources, such as the Family Service Centers and Domestic Violence Service Units established by county (city) governments within the courts, ensure that family mediation becomes a child-centred and supportive process, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of mediation and promoting the peaceful resolution of disputes.

(3) Strengthen the professional knowledge, mediation skills and ability to identify risks at the early stages of cases among family mediation commissioners; to emphasize the protection of children and vulnerable groups, gender equality and respect for multiculturalism; to enhance their professional competence in handling high-conflict families, cases involving minor children, domestic violence and persons with disabilities; and to ensure the protection of human rights.

(4) Promote private-sector and administrative Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms (such as arbitration and mediation) in order to effectively reduce the volume of litigation and reasonably alleviate the workload of judges.

(5) Supervise district courts in effectively handling notarizing, registration, and lodgment and other non-litigation issues in improving judicial function, and supervise public notaries in effectively handling notarization matters to enhance the function of preventive justice.

5. Enrich trial knowledge, increase the quality of trial

(1) Enrich trial knowledge

1. Continue to maintain and enrich the trial information and datum of various functional categories under subject area on the Judicial Yuan’s website to provide consultation and professional knowledge to the judges; add new sections on frivolous litigation and rules governing pleadings.

2. Expand the information exchange platforms related to the information on trials and effectively use administrative resources to assist the judges in their case.

3. Continue to review and revise various case handling or business execution reference manuals, tools and sample drafts, provide the most updates information for reference to the judges and other judicial staff to improve the quality and effectiveness of the judgements.

(2) Hold administrative seminar, legal conferences, and special topic forum

1. Hold civil, criminal, administrative litigation, intellectual property, juvenile, family, compulsory enforcement, bankruptcy, consumer debt liquidation, notary, non-litigation, lodgment, registration, and arbitration etc. related seminars, workshops, legal conferences, and special topic forums to retain new legal and practical knowledge from foreign judiciaries, communicate legal ideas, and exchange practical experience to enhance the judiciary’s ability to handle cases.

2. Hold forums, academic seminars and experience inheritance activities for judges of various trial courts

3. Hold case review seminar or workshops to improve the understanding between the judiciary and other professionals to increase the knowledge of cases.

4. Hold seminars on humanistic knowledge, work stress adjustment, and emotion management for judges to broaden their horizons and help them relieve stress and maintain physical and mental balance.

(3) Enhance on-the-job workshops

1. Hold on-the-job workshops or professional speeches for the judges and other related personnel.

2. Train trial and mediation talents for professional courts (tribunals) such as commercial, labor and taxation.

3. Hold a seminar on the theory and practice of duty court.

4. Organize on-the-job training or professional lectures for judges and other relevant personnel on intellectual property litigation, as well as reassignment training, or professional lectures on intellectual property litigation and trade secrets.

5. Hold professional training courses for judges and other relevant personnel at all levels of the courts on the rights of persons with disabilities and the promotion of access to justice.

6. Continue to consolidate the courts that handle similar legal issues and connect these courts through establishing exchange platforms to accomplish the exchange and sharing of regional resources.

7. Strengthen professional development mechanisms for judges in specialized juvenile and family courts (divisions), and optimize judicial policies relating to juvenile and family matters.

(4) Enhancing Pre-service Training

1. Strengthen pre-service training for selected judges.

2. Continue to organize pre-service training for judicial personnel of all categories.

6. Complete procedural protection, uphold judicial human rights

(1) Urge the courts to strictly review the applications for communication surveillance and aggressively supervise its execution to protect the people’s freedom of communication.

(2) Enhance the ideology of protecting human rights in criminal proceedings to protect the human rights of defendants and also the rights of the victim.

(3) Duly inspect and discuss laws and administrative measures, intense study method, to implement International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to proclaim the ideology of protecting human rights.

(4) Continue to supervise and urge the implementation of safe court appearance environment and measures, establish court-friendly courts, protect the judicial rights and interests of vulnerable groups such as children, juvenile, women, victims, and persons with disabilities, and create a pro-people justice system.

(5) Continue to plan and promote relevant judicial policies and measures to protect the rights and interests of children, women, and people with disabilities, and cultivate the professionalism of procedural supervisors in cases involving children, guardianship declarations, and the protection and placement of seriously ill patients; implement measures to safeguard the procedural rights of vulnerable parties such as minor children, those entitled to (or under) guardianship declarations, and seriously ill patients; and improve judicial efficiency.

(6) Implement the negotiation platform mechanism (three-tier liaison meetings) for handling juvenile cases, to assist in resolving practical disputes and difficulties, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

(7) Establish an information management system for investigation and protection, and improve inter-system integration to facilitate statistical data analysis and enhance the work efficiency of juvenile investigation (protection) officers.

(8) Allocate budgetary funds to subsidize lawyer training, ensuring that training courses are aligned with judicial reform measures, thereby comprehensively protecting the rights of litigants.

(9) Continue to supervise the family service centers established by the governments of the municipalities and counties (cities) within the courts, and refine the administration of financial subsidies for non-governmental organizations handling related matters.

(10) Perfect the interpreting system, expand the pool of interpreters, enhance their professional standards, improve the quality of court interpreting, and protect the litigation rights of persons with hearing or language impairments and those who do not speak the language of the proceedings.

(11) Explore the use of information technology to systematically collect, organize and analyze statistical data relating to the implementation of international human rights conventions and the National Action Plan for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence by this Court and its affiliated bodies, with the aim of conducting rolling reviews and adjusting policy and operational directions.

(12) Explore the integration of information from the domestic violence prevention network, thereby enhancing the court’s ability to promptly identify and triage high-risk cases, and to strengthen the integration of information and risk management in civil protection order cases, so as to comprehensively protect the personal safety of victims of domestic violence, their minor children and other family members.

(13) In line with the amendment and implementation of the Regulations on the Appointment and Remuneration of Procedural Supervisors, strengthen the mechanisms for recommending and vetting procedural supervisors, refine the register of procedural supervisors, and commission professional associations to organize systematic professional development courses to implement specialized training courses, thereby safeguarding the parties’ rights to express their views and exercise autonomy.

▍(III) Judicial Administration

• Release Date : 2026-07-29
• Update : 2026-07-30