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 21, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN ‘MOVING TOWARD’ ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice responded to EU calls to abolish capital punishment by saying that Taiwan’s justice
JUNE 21, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES FILIPINO’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
Instead of the death penalty, the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the sentence of a Filipino convicted
MAY 10, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SUBWAY KILLER EXECUTED
Taiwan executed a former college student who killed four people in a random stabbing spree on a subway
- JANUARY 1, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for murder, drug offenses, treason and military offenses.
The death penalty is provided for murder, drug offenses, treason and military offenses.