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
APRIL 20, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY REQUIRES PUBLIC SUPPORT
responding to a call by the European Parliament for an immediate end to the use of capital
APRIL 19, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SIX DEATH-ROW INMATES EXECUTED
six convicts on death row were executed in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Hualien, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
- APRIL 10, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COMPENSATES TRIO AFTER 11 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Taiwan will pay a total of Tw$15 million ($500,000) compensation to three men who spent more
- MARCH 19, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN'S CAPITAL PUNISHMENT POLICY REMAINS UNCHANGED: PREMIER
Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah said that the government is cautiously assessing the scrapping
MARCH 14, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: PATIENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FATAL HOSPITAL FIRE
A cancer patient who started a fire in a Taiwan hospital -- which killed 13 people and injured
- FEBRUARY 27, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan says it will continue to enforce the death penalty...
Taiwan says it will continue to enforce the death penalty...
FEBRUARY 5, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: CONVICTED MURDERER GETS DEATH SENTENCE REPRIEVE
The Supreme Court of Taiwan commuted the death sentence of a convicted murderer
- JANUARY 30, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court, in Taiwan
the Supreme Court, in Taiwan
- JANUARY 1, 2013TaiwanDEATH 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.
- DECEMBER 21, 2012TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: SIX DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Taiwan executed six death row inmates, the largest number to be put to death in one
- AUGUST 31, 2012TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's High Court quashed the convictions of three men sentenced to death
Taiwan's High Court quashed the convictions of three men sentenced to death
APRIL 20, 2012TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: PRESIDENT VOWS TO WORK TOWARD ENDING DEATH PENALTY
In Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou said his administration would reduce the use of the