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 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
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The get-tough campaign against drugs could be paying...
The get-tough campaign against drugs could be paying off in Thailand, said the Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for supervising drug suppression
- OCTOBER 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after...
A Briton faces the death penalty in Thailand after being accused of involvement in a heroin-smuggling ring
- OCTOBER 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the...
The Supreme Court of Thailand postponed till 2002 the consideration of the appeal of Ukrainian citizen Viktoriya Mamontova, sentenced to death for smuggling drugs on August 17, 2001