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 6, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE AFTER FORCED CONFESSIONS IN TAIWAN, SAYS AMNESTY
Amnesty International charged Taiwan with violating UN protocols by sentencing prisoners to death on slim evidence and forced confessions.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: COURT COMMUTES EXECUTION TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KIDNAPPING
the Taiwan High Court commuted the death sentence of Hsu Tzu-chiang for kidnapping to life in prison. This was his seventh retrial.
- OCTOBER 27, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY POLICY REMAINS UNCHANGED - JUSTICE MINISTER
Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu reaffirmed that there has been no change in
- OCTOBER 27, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MILITARY OFFERS MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION FOR AIRMAN WRONGLY EXECUTED
Taiwan’s defense ministry says it will pay $4.4 million to relatives of airman Chiang Kuo-ching, 21
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT ACQUITS EXECUTED SOLDIER IN RAPE CASE
soldier Chiang Kuo-ching was posthumously acquitted by a Taiwanese military court
- AUGUST 31, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
EETO CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN TAIWAN
the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taipei repeated its call for
- JULY 28, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 23-YEAR-OLD CASE
the Taiwanese Supreme Court confirmed the 23 year old death sentence of Chiou Ho-shun.
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR TRAFFICKING 370KG OF KETAMINE
Taiwanese national Li Xiamhzheng was executed in Xiamen...
- MAY 13, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN DEFENDS EXECUTIONS OF DEATH-ROW INMATES ACCORDING TO LAW
the abolition of death penalty is Taiwan's ultimate goal and can only be realised after it receives the support of a majority of local people, Vice Minister of Justice Chen Shou-huang said.
MAY 12, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE HANDED OUT IN 23-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE
at the 12th retrial result announcement for the 1987 kidnap-murder case of nine-year
MAY 3, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY REMOVED FROM MILITARY LAW
Taiwan moved a step closer toward the reduced use of the death penalty as the Legislative
- MARCH 25, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: JUSTICE MINISTRY: HUMAN RIGHTS ACCORDS DO NOT BAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Taiwanese justice ministry said the two human rights accords that Taiwan signed do not conflict with capital punishment.