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
- DECEMBER 18, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution...
A draft amendment bill to change the method of execution from shooting to lethal injection is ready to go before parliament for approval
- DECEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of...
The Thai Cabinet recently resolved that sentences of execution or life imprisonment for under 18 year olds shall be commuted to 15 years' imprisonment
- DECEMBER 12, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates...
A riot following a failed jailbreak by death row inmates at Narathiwat provincial prison left five inmates dead and two others severely injured
- DECEMBER 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman,...
Four convicted drug felons, including a former policeman, were sentenced to death in two separate cases before the provincial court
- DECEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against...
The death penalty could be an effective weapon against corruption, which has become a norm in Thailand, Constitutional Court judge Amorn Raksasat said
- DECEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on...
Of the 371 sentenced to death, 247 were convicted on drugs charges
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after...
Three men were sentenced to death in Bangkok after being convicted of possessing 400,000 methamphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- NOVEMBER 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty...
Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a criminologist at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University, said several policies broached by the government are poorly conceived and impractical
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for...
The Criminal Court sentenced a Pakistani to death for possessing about 7
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug...
A proposal to televise the execution of convicted drug traffickers may be shelved, the PM's Office minister who floated it said
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by...
The High Court of Singapore dismissed an appeal by a Thai national, who was sentenced to death in August 2001, for the murder of a taxi driver
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and...
Reporters will get a closer look at executions and more access to death-row convicts, including a close-up look at their warm corpses, if PM's Office Minister General Thamarak Isarangura gets his way