Taiwan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 25, 1947, amended several times, last in 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Legislative Yuan
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Judicial Yuan, with judges appointed by the President for nine years with the consent of the National Assembly
RELIGIONS
Confucian and Buddhist majorities; Protestant and Catholic minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 16, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to...
President Chen Shui-bian lauded a court decision to acquit three defendants who had been on death row for ten years as a ruling consistent with the latest concept of law
- JANUARY 8, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Ministry hailed the abolishment of...
Taiwan's Justice Ministry hailed the abolishment of a law that provided for the death penalty for kidnapping, gang robbery and other violent crimes as a crucial step that might lead to the scrapping of capital punishment within three years
- JANUARY 8, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's parliament decided to abolish the Retribution...
Taiwan's parliament decided to abolish the Retribution Act for Bandits to better protect the human rights of Taiwanese people, including the scrapping of compulsory death sentencing for various violent crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
In November 1997, the Parliament approved the death...
In November 1997, the Parliament approved the death penalty for gun-toting criminals, toughening already strict gun laws in the face of a public outcry over violent crime
- JANUARY 1, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On may 17, 2001 Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan...
On may 17, 2001 Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- DECEMBER 6, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001...
The Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) 2001 report praised a move by the armed forces to reduce the number of crimes that bore a mandatory death sentence
- OCTOBER 25, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Chiu Tsung-shun was sentenced to death for gun-running
Chiu Tsung-shun was sentenced to death for gun-running
- OCTOBER 5, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty...
Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty for currency counterfeiters in the face of rampant circulation of fake bills
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were...
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were condemned to death for murdering a third Taiwanese in order to claim his life insurance, according to a report seen here Thursday
- AUGUST 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced...
Mr Yumingyu, a 45 year old Taiwanese citizen, was sentenced to death in Myanmar after being caught trying to smuggle 500 grams of heroin out of the country
- AUGUST 10, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors,...
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors, were executed for kidnapping and murdering a Taiwanese man in 1991
- JULY 30, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan is looking at tightening procedures for harvesting...
Taiwan is looking at tightening procedures for harvesting organs from executed prisoners in reaction to allegations of human rights abuses, an official with the Bureau of Medical Affairs under the Department of Health, Chen I-an, said