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
OCTOBER 26, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MURDER CONVICT WALKS FREE AFTER DECADE ON DEATH ROW
A Taiwanese man who spent more than a decade on death row walked free after being acquitted of murder in a retrial, boosting calls for the abolition of capital punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Man Sentenced to Death for Murder of Relatives
13 February 2017: a Taoyuan man was sentenced to death for a multiple murder by arson committed Chinese New Year’s eve 2016.
MARCH 3, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NEW TAIPEI FIRE
The New Taipei City District Court handed the death sentence to a man accused of committing arson last year, killing six people in an old apartment building.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COMMUTES SENTENCE FOR 2 PINOYS ON DEATH ROW
Taiwan’s Supreme Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of two Filipinos convicted of murder, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said.
- JANUARY 1, 2017TaiwanDEATH 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.