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Report on Climate-Related Litigation and the Separation of Powers
The mounting wave of climate-related litigation has led to growing discussions on the role of the principle of the separation of powers. The issue has been addressed in several scholarly works, and it has also been raised by defendant governments and referred to by judges in their decisions. The crux of the matter is whether…
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Expert Panel Survey on Legal Experts, Hui-Chieh Su
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to assess how different professional communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. The surveys targeted legal professionals, medical service providers, and members of the local civic tech community. Each survey included questions on demographic background, general attitudes toward pandemic measures, and field-specific assessments. Taiwan…
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Expert Panel Survey on Healthcare Professionals, Yu-Ling Huang
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to examine how legal professionals, medical service providers, and civic tech communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. Each survey included demographic questions, general assessments of pandemic governance, and field-specific issues. One survey focused specifically on healthcare workers. Early in the pandemic, healthcare personnel…
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Expert Panel Survey on Civil Tech, Shun-Ling Chen
As part of WP4 Taiwan’s civil society engagement, three expert surveys were conducted to assess how legal professionals, healthcare providers, and civic tech communities evaluated Taiwan’s COVID-19 response. Each survey included demographic questions, general attitudes toward pandemic governance, and field-specific assessments. The civic tech survey focused on Taiwan’s extensive use of digital tools for pandemic…
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A Literary Review on the Effects of Labeling, Elma Fransson & Karla Haglund
Abstract Criminality has become a major part of the political debate in recent years. Naturally, this comes with several different solutions from several different people. Our purpose is to examine the theory of labeling, which has been a part of the debate since the 1960´s. There have been many different views of the theory and…
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Civil Society Engagement Summary II
This memo summarizes two focus group interviews conducted by the Taiwan team of WP5 on December 19 and December 22, 2025, with non-governmental organizations working on immigration policy, human rights protection, and advocacy. Discussions centered on three themes: advocacy strategies, domestic and geopolitical pressures, and international networking—particularly the EU’s role. NGOs reported that human rights…
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Illuminating Human Rights Justification: Cross-Border Perspectives and Dialogue on COVID-19 and Migration
On November 7, 2025, WP4 and WP5 co-hosted an event titled “States’ Practice of Human Rights Justification: COVID-19 & Migration—Project Highlights and Roundtable.” The session highlighted some findings from both teams’ research on how states use human rights justification in the context of COVID-19 and migration. Scholars and NGO representatives from Taiwan and Sweden, many…
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Engaging the Next Generation of Human Rights Advocates: A Panel with John Stauffer and Yen-Tu Su
On November 10, 2025, the WP4 & 5 Taiwan team was honored to invite John Stauffer, Legal Director and Deputy Executive Director of Civil Rights Defenders. He gave us a talk on “The State of Human Rights Protection in Sweden — and How it Relates to a Global Trend of Democratic Backsliding” at National Taiwan University College…
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Fostering Dialogue Between Taiwanese and Swedish Civil Society: A Panel with John Stauffer, E-Ling Chiu, and Chao-Ju Chen
On November 8, 2025, the WP4 & 5 Taiwan team was honored to invite John Stauffer, Legal Director and Deputy Executive Director of Civil Rights Defenders. He gave us a talk on “Democratic Backsliding in Europe and the Impact on the Nordics.” E-Ling Chiu, a long-time human rights activist and the National Director of Amnesty International…
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Second Workshop on HRJust Civil Society Engagement and Discussion
As part of our Civil Society Engagement, the WP4 Taiwan team held a series of events including two workshops, with the intention of generating ideas and key points in the first and then bringing back participants from the first round to share our preliminary research findings. The second workshop “HRJust: Civil Society Engagement and Discussion”,…
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