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 30, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Chuang Tien-chu was sentenced to death, in Taiwan, this month...
- FEBRUARY 2, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE OF TAOYUAN CAB DRIVER APPROVED
the Taiwan Supreme Court approved the death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, who was convicted of murdering a woman and her daughter.
- JANUARY 31, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
after many appeals, the Supreme Court of Taiwan this month approved the High Court's death sentence for Wang Hsiu-fang, a taxi driver convicted of murdering a woman and her three year old daughter in 1996
- JANUARY 10, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN CONSIDERS ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY
the Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said that it will solicit views from all sectors of society on whether to abolish capital punishment.
- JANUARY 1, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...
- DECEMBER 22, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. LAWMAKERS OK NEW DEATH PENALTY RULES
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed amendments to several laws, including one that give judges greater leeway in deciding whether to mete out death or life sentences to convicts engaged in serious currency counterfeiting and members of the troops who disobey
- OCTOBER 11, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. DEATH PENALTY TO BE PHASED OUT GRADUALLY: MINISTER
the death penalty will be phased out in a gradual manner, Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Shih Mao-lin said.
- JUNE 13, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. NO VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said that Taiwan had not violated any human rights principles in its handling of capital punishment cases or in its treatment of death-row inmates, but it promised to refer to other countries' measures to refine the existing
- APRIL 26, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING POLICEMAN
the Taiwan High Court imposed the death penalty on two brothers who killed a policeman in Sijih, suburban Taipei, on April 10, 2005.
- MARCH 31, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
TAIWAN. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT March 31, 2006: the government of Taiwan has no plans to abolish capital punishment but will further step up measures to meet high public expectations for better public order, Premier Su Tseng- chang said.
- MARCH 27, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. PROSECUTORS STARE DEATH IN THE FACE
Chang Chin-tu , a prosecutor at the Kaohsiung bureau of the Taiwan High Prosecutors' Office, who had been in charge of executions for eight years, told reporters that all prisoners received anaesthesia and were unconscious before being shot. "Prisoners wh
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO TAIWANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Taiwanese nationals convicted of drug trafficking were executed in southern China's Guangdong province after being convicted of possessing 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of the methamphetamine ice.