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
- DECEMBER 10, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN HEARING TO APPEAL 'HSICHIH TRIO' DEATH PENALTY OPENS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
a preliminary hearing opened at Taiwan's High Court in the ongoing "Hsichih Trio" murder case with the three defendants appealing to overturn the death penalty on grounds they were tortured by police until they confessed.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAIWANESE WOMAN FOR CASH
a Taiwan prosecutor sentenced a Filipino woman to death for killing a Taiwanese woman for money.
- OCTOBER 15, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN HAS NOT EXECUTED ANYONE FOR TWO YEARS: PRESIDENT
Tawianese President Chen Shui-bian said that no death row convict has been executed in Taiwan for nearly two years and that he has always wanted the death penalty being phased out completely from the country.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MOJ TO REVIEW CASES OF 25 INMATES FACING EXECUTION
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in Taiwan will carefully review cases involving 25 death row prisoners before deciding whether to execute them, a ministry official said
- AUGUST 31, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR SIXTH TIME
the Taiwan High Court sentenced a man who killed a young woman by stabbing her 176 times with a watermelon knife to death.
- AUGUST 30, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court of Taiwan this month upheld the death sentence of gunman Shih Chih-yuan for killing two men in Tainan County in 2003.
- JUNE 30, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT ORDERS DEATH PENALTY AFTER 16 YEARS
Taiwan's High Court ordered three convicted murderers to be executed in a 16 year old case criticised by Amnesty International.
- JUNE 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
three men, including a foreigner, were executed in China's southeast Fujian Province for drug dealing.
- APRIL 30, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Chuang Tien-chu was sentenced to death, in Taiwan, this month...
- FEBRUARY 2, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE OF TAOYUAN CAB DRIVER APPROVED
the Taiwan Supreme Court approved the death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, who was convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter.
- JANUARY 31, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
after many appeals, the Supreme Court of Taiwan this month approved the High Court's death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, a taxi driver convicted of murdering a woman and her three year old daughter in 1996
- JANUARY 10, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONSIDERS ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY
the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said that it will solicit views from all sectors of society on whether to abolish capital punishment.