Taiwan
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES3
- 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
- JUNE 9, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS TRIO'S SENTENCES AFTER DOUBLE MURDER
a man received two death sentences and his two accomplices were sentenced to
- MAY 21, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTER BIDS TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's new Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said she will attempt to
- MAY 16, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. JUDICIARY DISAGREES ON DEATH PENALTY
in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Judicial Yuan failed to reach a consensus
- MAY 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEPRESSED MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the death sentence of a motorist for killing his friend whom he had suspected of stealing NT$700 to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 25, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. CABINET MEMBER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Taiwanese premier Liu Chao-shiuan recently announced a list of names that will
- MARCH 8, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MOJ SEEKS DEATH PENALTY AMENDMENTS
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in Taiwan said it is seeking to amend the law so
- JANUARY 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...