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
- 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
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised...
Executions of major drug traders could soon be televised live as a deterrent to other traffickers, PM's Office Minister Thammarak Issarangkura na Ayuthaya said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking...
Legislation setting penalties for possession and trafficking in methampethamines was overwhelmingly approved by the House
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed...
The Senate panel on justice and human rights proposed banning members of the public from carrying guns
- NOVEMBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death...
Three Ghanaian drug dealers were sentenced to death by hanging at the Klong Prem prison in Bangkok, Thailand
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill...
A cabinet screening committee approved a draft bill to change the method of capital punishment from firing squad to lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced three people to death for possessing 198,000 amphetamine pills with intent to traffic
- NOVEMBER 6, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra,...
A first-year student from Kasetsart University, Jitra, was held hostage and killed at knife-point by an amphetamine-driven abductor
- NOVEMBER 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could...
Forcing 63 Burmese immigrants to return home could put their lives in danger, said Wasant Panich, a member of Thailand's National Human Rights Committee, as authorities revealed a plan to send the immigrants back by leaving them at a border village in Bur
- NOVEMBER 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted...
The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court sentenced a convicted Thai drug trader to death and two Burmese to life imprisonment for possessing almost two million amphetamine tablets with intent to sell