Chang is a founding member of the Asian Human Rights Court Simulation, established in 2018,[8] and in 2019, was named its vice president.[9] In 2022 and 2024, Chang served on the selection committee for the Tang Prize in Rule of Law.[10] She has also chaired the Restoration of Victim's Rights Infringed by Illegal Acts of the State During the Period of Authoritarian Rule Foundation.[11]
In 2024, Chang testified as an expert witness to the Constitutional Court in cases that led to protests.[12] In August of that year, William Lai nominated Chang to serve as president of the Judicial Yuan.[13][14] However, legislative confirmation hearings for seven Judicial Yuan positions, including replacements for president Hsu Tzong-li and vice president Tsai Jeong-duen were delayed, necessitating the appointment of Shieh Ming-yuan as acting president of the Judicial Yuan.[15] Hearings eventually began on 2 December, but left the Judicial Yuan with the lowest number of justices since the introduction of judicial interpretation in 1947.[16] During legislative questioning on 10 December, Chang observed that the Judicial Yuan had imposed stricter conditions on capital punishment earlier that year, but maintained that the death penalty was constitutional.[17] The Legislative Yuan voted to reject Chang's nomination, and that of six others to the Judicial Yuan, on 24 December 2024.[18] Days before deciding on Lai's nominees, legislators had voted to require the Judicial Yuan have ten active judges before hearing a case.[19]
Chang's editorials on constitutionality of judicial decisions,[20] constitutional reform,[21] and demonstrations[22] have been published in the Taipei Times.
References
^ ab"Wen-Chen Chang". National Taiwan University College of Law. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
