Thailand
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy; note - interim military-affiliated government since May 2014 Constitutional monarchy - provisional military government since May 2014
- CONSTITUTION
- many precedents; final draft concluded on March 29, 2016, approved by referendum on August 7, 2016, signed by the king on April 6, 2017; note - the final version has several amendments not reflected in the one adopted by the referendum (2016)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the civil system with influences of English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- In transition; following the military coup of May 2014 - National Legislative Assembly or Sapha Nitibanyat Haeng Chat
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the King
RELIGIONS
94.6% Buddhists; 4.6% Muslims; 0.7% Christians; 0.1% others
From the country
- APRIL 12, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty applies in Thailand to murder and heroin or amphetamine drug trafficking
The death penalty applies in Thailand to murder and heroin or amphetamine drug trafficking
- MARCH 24, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 13, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal injection four people after convicting them of possessing more than one million methamphetamine pills
- MARCH 3, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai and Phongsri Kulasithi, female, for trading 250,000 methamphetamine tablets
- MARCH 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against...
The Thai government lodged a formal complaint against the US' annual global human rights report, in which it described Thailand's record as having worsened in the past year
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003,...
Thailand's human rights credentials declined in 2003, the United States said in a blunt criticism over the kingdom's deadly war on drugs
- JANUARY 25, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Songphol Prathangthatho, 29, a former police officer,...
Songphol Prathangthatho, 29, a former police officer, was sentenced to death by the Thai Criminal Court after being found guilty of possessing drugs with the intent to sell
- DECEMBER 30, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Pattani Provincial Court in Thailand sentenced...
The Pattani Provincial Court in Thailand sentenced Sakkariya Yimahama, a Muslim man, to death for killing a policeman in Pattani
- DECEMBER 12, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand carried out its first executions by lethal...
Thailand carried out its first executions by lethal injection after abolishing the firing squad, putting to death three drug traffickers and a murderer at the notorious Bang Kwang jail, officials said
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report criticising...
Amnesty International released a report criticising the lack of a credible investigation into the bloodshed unleashed by Thailand's 2003 official war on drugs