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
- NOVEMBER 25, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations...
Taiwan was hit by a wave of deaths and hospitalisations from the consumption of bootleg rice wine that contains methanol, a poisonous substance found in industrial alcohol
- OCTOBER 21, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Taiwan government says it will abolish capital...
The Taiwan government says it will abolish capital punishment by 2004, but a recent poll saw 77% of its respondents express opposition
- OCTOBER 16, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Chen Shui-bian said that Taiwan will gradually...
President Chen Shui-bian said that Taiwan will gradually phase out capital punishment in line with its protection of human rights
- OCTOBER 9, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan took the first step towards abolishing the death...
Taiwan took the first step towards abolishing the death penalty by dropping the sentence for teenagers under 18, who up until now could be condemned if found guilty of killing family members
- JULY 22, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not...
The abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan is not yet around the corner, but draft legislation that seeks to plug some of the law's weaknesses marks no small step in the government's efforts to get it out of the statute books eventually
- JUNE 26, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death...
Zhang Meixiu, a Taiwanese woman, was sentenced to death by a court in Shantou city, south China's Guangdong province for trying to smuggle 427
- JUNE 13, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling...
The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the parliaments of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to intensify their efforts for a rapid abolition of the death penalty and for the introduction of a moratorium on executions
- MAY 21, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Chen Chi Tian from Taiwan, aged 48, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 7, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in...
A Taiwanese man who stabbed his parents to death in October 1998 was executed and his body donated for organ transplants, Taiwan television reported
- 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