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 30, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: ALLIANCE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FETES SUCCESSES
when local nongovernmental organisations in Taiwan teamed up to create an alliance against capital punishment five years ago, the implementation of the death penalty in Taiwan was still very secretive
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES TWO TAIWANESE TO DEATH FO DRUG DEALING
a Chinese court sentenced two Taiwanese, convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar, to death.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: FRENCH EXPERT URGES POLITICAL LEADERS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
in abolishing the death penalty, political leaders should take the responsibility of "leading the people" instead of following public opinion, as "they are elected to make the decision," a French anti-death penalty activist said in Taiwan
- OCTOBER 24, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT GIVES FILIPINA TIME TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
Taiwan’s Court of Appeals granted overseas Filipino worker Cecilia Armia Alcaraz, a.k.a. Nemencia Panaglima, sufficient time to appeal her death sentence, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
- OCTOBER 19, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: GOVERNMENT APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE METED OUT ON PINAY IN TAIWAN
the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) appealed to the Taiwan courts in the case of Nemencia Armia, a Filipino woman convicted of murder and robbery and sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 11, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN 'IMPROVING' BUT CALL FOR ABOLITION
the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) said the country was "improving but not quite there" and urged its government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY TO BE DISCUSSED
the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taiwan, The French Institute in Taiwan, National
- OCTOBER 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAIWANESE WOMAN FOR CASH
a Taiwanese court sentenced a Filipino woman to death for killing a Taiwan woman for money. The Kaohsiung District Court in southern Taiwan passed the sentence on Armia Menecia Panaglima, 39, in the killing of Chiu Mei-yun, 48, in Kaohsiung on September 1
- AUGUST 10, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: PLAN TO PHASE OUT DEATH PENALTY OPPOSED
ruling Taiwanese Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers said that they oppose a Ministry of Justice plan to phase out the death penalty, claiming that a lack of capital punishment would increase the crime rate.
- JULY 11, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
a Vietnamese court sentenced two Taiwanese...
a Vietnamese court sentenced two Taiwanese...
- JUNE 24, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
China executed three drug dealers and sentenced five more to death on
- JUNE 18, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
an anti-death penalty delegation lauded Taiwan...
an anti-death penalty delegation lauded Taiwan...