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 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT ACQUITS THREE IN 20-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE
Taiwan's High Court acquitted three men who had been sentenced to death for the murder of a couple 20 years ago.
OCTOBER 22, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 3 CAB DRIVERS
the Taiwan Banciao District Court sentenced Jiang Yun-ching, 39, to death three times
- OCTOBER 15, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
a task force set up by the Ministry of Justice to deliberate...
a task force set up by the Ministry of Justice to deliberate...
- AUGUST 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIAL RAPE
taxi driver Tsao Tien-shou, 53, was sentenced to death in Taiwan for killing a girl in 2000 and raping several others including his daughter, an official at the Keelung district court in northern Taiwan said.
- MAY 31, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
EU DOESN'T ACCEPT DEATH PENALTY
the European Union will not accept the death penalty, a spokeswoman said, suggesting that Taiwan should declare a moratorium or abolish the practice.
- MAY 28, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: LEGALITY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD
the Justices of the Taiwanese Constitutional Court rejected a petition aimed at halting plans to execute the 40 inmates that remain on death row.
MAY 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: TIME NOT RIPE FOR DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM, SAYS JUSTICE MINISTER
Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu said there was no need to hold a
- MAY 1, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: EU CONDEMNS RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
the European Union condemned the resumption of executions in Taiwan,
- APRIL 30, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY RETURNS, 4 EXECUTED
Taiwan executed four people, the justice ministry said, in the island's first cases of capital punishment since 2005 when the sentence became a sensitive political issue.
- APRIL 22, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN'S CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Catholic bishops in Taiwan urged the government to abolish the death penalty in a statement published in Catholic Weekly.
- APRIL 20, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Taiwan, the Taipei High Court sentenced Hsiao Jen-chun and Liao
- APRIL 18, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON DEATH PENALTY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21
the first public hearing on abolishing the death penalty in Taiwan will be held April 21 in Taipei County, according to the Justice Ministry.