Taiwan has recently joined the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), the only global non-government organization of prosecutors, under the title of Chinese Taipei, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said yesterday. After twists and turns regarding its title, Taiwan was finally notified by IAP Secretary-General Henk Marquart Scholtz Oct. 20 that it had been admitted into the body as an organizational member under the name Chinese Taipei, the MOJ said. The membership will allow Taiwan's MOJ and public prosecutors to share with other IAP members resources related to mutual judicial assistance and to host international IAP meetings.Due to China's obstruction, Taiwan had previously been represented in IAP meetings and activities by public prosecutors who are individual members.
Despite that setback, Taiwan has persistently pushed for organizational membership over the years by filing applications via organizations like the Prosecutors Association, Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Public Prosecutors Office for the Taiwan High Court, MOJ officials said.
Chang Chun-hui, a chief public prosecutor with the Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office, along with several MOJ officials, attended the IAP 2009 annual meeting held in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Sept. 6 to 10. Members of the IAP Executive Committee told Chang and his colleagues that Taiwan's prosecution system was established well enough to assume the responsibility of mutual judicial assistance, according to MOJ officials. The IAP Executive Committee also told the Taiwanese delegates that China had expressed hope that the title Taiwan was using in its application - the Prosecutors Association, ROC (Taiwan) - could be changed.
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