III. Gender-based Violence and Access to Justice media personnel to develop their competence in addressing this issue. The Judicial Process of Sexual Assault Cases: Forensic Interviewer and Interpreter 10. The Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act was amended in 2015 by adding Article 15-1 (implemented in 2017) to introduce a forensic interview system during the investigation or trial of sexual assault cases involving children or mentally disabled persons. According to the statistics of the Judicial Yuan, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), and the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), the use of forensic interviewers in investigation or trial of sexual assault cases is very limited.12 In addition, the provisions are too brief and general, which has long made the role of forensic interviewers unclear. Are they interpreters, witnesses, experts, or expert witnesses? Inconsistencies in practice raises concerns about fairness in such cases.
11. For more information on sexual assault of migrant domestic workers, please see §23.
12. The ineffectiveness of judicial interpretation (poor quality of interpreters and interpretation, etc.) has undermined the right of access to justice for female migrant workers who have been sexually 12 According to the MOL, the MOJ, and the Judicial Yuan, from 2017 to 2020, the percentages of sexual assault cases in which the victims were children or mentally disabled people who used professional assistance for questioning during investigation or trial are 3.38% to 11.63% in police agencies; 2.95% to 7.76% in prosecutor offices; and 7.75% to 10.68% in courts.
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