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
FEBRUARY 6, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MURDERER’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED BY HIGH COURT
Sun Kuo-huang was spared the death sentence on 24 February 2019 in favor of life imprisonment in the fourth retrial for 2010 murder of a graduate student in Kaohsiung.
- JANUARY 1, 2019TaiwanDEATH 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.
AUGUST 31, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Taiwan executed a death-row inmate, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty.
- JULY 10, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
NEW TAIPEI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 4 YEAR OLD IN HIS CARE
The Taiwanese courts have handed down a death sentence to a man found guilty of the murder of a four year old child, whose care was entrusted to the man and his mother.
- JUNE 7, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. LI KUO-HUI SENTENCED TO DEATH
HE KILLED NINE IN AN ARSON
MAY 3, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HIGH COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH OVER ARSON THAT KILLED 6
The Taiwan High Court handed down the death sentence to a man found guilty of an arson two years ago that resulted in the death of six members of the same family in an apartment building in New Taipei City.
- JANUARY 1, 2018TaiwanDEATH 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.
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.