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 14, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CLERK WHO ASKED HIM TO MASK UP
A paper sculpture artist was handed the death penalty by Taoyuan District Court on 13 December 2022 for stabbing to death a convenience store clerk who asked him to wear a mask.
- MAY 16, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE TAIWAN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
An international panel of human rights experts on 13 May 2022 called on Taiwan to end the "cruel and degrading" practice of capital punishment.
- APRIL 10, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING GIRLFRIEND, TWIN SONS
Taiwan High Court’s Taichung Branch upheld on 29 March 2022 the death sentence for a man who killed his girlfriend and their two sons in November 2019.
MARCH 28, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2020 RAPE, MURDER OF MALAYSIAN STUDENT
A 30-year-old man was convicted on 18 March 2022 of raping and killing a Malaysian university student in 2020, and he was sentenced to death by the Taiwan Ciaotou District Court.
FEBRUARY 24, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HUASHAN MURDERER ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY AFTER SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE
The legal drama of a man found guilty of raping, killing, and dismembering a woman on the lawn behind Taipei's Huashan 1914 Creative Park in 2018 has finally come to an end, following the Taiwan Supreme Court's decision to uphold a lower court’s life sent