Criminal Law Reform in Asia

The Virtual Roundtables on Asian Law is an online series by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS). It brings together legal experts to share critical perspectives on topical issues on law in Asia. This series is open to academics, public officers, members of civil society, and legal practitioners from anywhere in the world who are interested in gaining deeper knowledge of Asian approaches to various legal issues.

For this Roundtable, the Panel discussed and explored various aspects of criminal law reform including the evolution of the penal code in various Asian jurisdictions such as Singapore, Myanmar, Bhutan and India, the death penalty in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Singapore, and the consideration of personality disorders in sentencing.

The Roundtable was organised by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (National University of Singapore) in collaboration with the Asian Law Centre (University of Melbourne).