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 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN XIAMEN FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Taiwan man was executed by lethal injection in Xiamen, China, the Xiamen Intermediate people's court said.
- AUGUST 28, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN SC PUTS FATE OF OFW ALCARAZ ON HOLD
Taiwan’s Supreme Court cancelled the commutation of Filipino worker Cecilia Alcaraz’s death sentence, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) said. Alcaraz allegedly robbed and killed her employer Jum Mei Yung on September 12, 2007.
- JUNE 1, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: ACADEMICS CALL FOR REVIEW OF POLICY THAT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETERS CRIME
Taiwanese academics urged the government to review its policy on capital punishment by conducting an in-depth study on whether it discourages crime.
- MAY 4, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: COURT COMMUTES FILIPINA’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
the Taiwan High Court commuted the death sentence of handed down to Filipino citizen Cecilia Alcaraz, also known as Nemencia Armia, a 40 year, to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 13, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED IN ENDLESS CASE
Taiwan’s longest running criminal case headed again to the Supreme Court after the High Court convicted three defendants in a kidnapping and murder case for the 11th time.
- MARCH 25, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
SENTENCE REDUCED FOR A TAIWANESE MAN
a court in Tainan, Taiwan, reduced three death sentences for a man who killed two wives and three sons to a 20-year prison sentence because he had admitted the murders to police.
MARCH 25, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: ACTIVISTS URGE END OF DEATH PENALTY FOLLOWING REPORT
anti-capital punishment activists urged the government to follow the global trend and
- JANUARY 19, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN SHOULD ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY: BTCO
the top British representative in Taiwan said that an abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan could set the country apart from China and demonstrate to the world that it is a liberal democracy
- JANUARY 1, 2009TaiwanDEATH 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...