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
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general...
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general of the Justice Ministry's Rights and Liberty Protection Department was reported as saying that the death penalty in Thailand was a "sensitive and controversial issue"
- AUGUST 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking...
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking charges, but the father's mistress and two accomplices in the same gang were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Fang Kee Tun, a 46 year old Singaporean convicted of possessing 1
- AUGUST 7, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
"The new execution law will be effective from October...
"The new execution law will be effective from October 19, requiring lethal injection to replace the firing squad," Thai correction Department officials told AFP
- JULY 18, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after...
Pattana Sriwiboon, 38, was sentenced to death after he admitted killing Thaweepong Boonsin, 45, mayor of tambon Tha Phae, on August 22, 2001
- JULY 1, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to...
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to death for intending to sell illegal drugs in the kingdom
- MAY 30, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said in a report issued in London...
Amnesty International said in a report issued in London that extrajudicial killings and the torture and ill-treatment of prisoners and ethnic minorities continued throughout Thailand in 2002
- MAY 9, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Bill was approved changing execution method to lethal...
A Bill was approved changing execution method to lethal injection instead of firing squad
- MAY 8, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to...
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to Duan Meerak, a 38-year-old woman, for possessing 70,000 speed pills in 1998
- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death, including two...
Five people were sentenced to death, including two prison officers and a policeman, for possessing more than 800,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- APRIL 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations...
Thailand lost its membership of the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights after a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York resulted in Thailand's failure to win a second term
- APRIL 24, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand voted against the resolution on the death...
Thailand voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva