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
- JUNE 16, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official...
Siwa Saengmanee, the corrections department official director general said that the number of convicts facing the death sentence has risen to 609
- JUNE 11, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and...
Amnesty International accused Thailand's police and army of widely using torture in prisons and while interrogating criminal suspects
- MAY 30, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal...
Preparations are being made for execution by lethal injection, which will be used at three prisons starting in 2003, replacing the current method of shooting, Corrections Department director general Siwa Sangmanee said
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The son of an influential politician was charged with...
The son of an influential politician was charged with murder, a day after his dramatic surrender ended a six-month manhunt
- APRIL 26, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three doctors and a hospital manager in Thailand were...
Three doctors and a hospital manager in Thailand were charged with conspiracy to murder patients for their kidneys
- APRIL 26, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Thailand to scrap the death...
Amnesty International urged Thailand to scrap the death penalty following five executions in a Bangkok prison on April 24
- APRIL 25, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Thailand voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 24, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security...
Five prisoners were executed at Bang Kwang Maxium Security Prison in Thailand
- APRIL 21, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced four men to death for possessing more than 31 kilograms of heroin with intent to sell, although three of them had no drugs on them when they were arrested
- APRIL 15, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced a man to death...
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife while under the influence of drugs