'Death Penalty in Asia: Law and Practice'
Online Conference
18-19 February, 2021
Asia accounts for 60 percent of the world’s population and more than 90 percent of the world’s executions. Therefore, any change in the death penalty in Asia will affect this matter in the entire world.
In that context, an online conference titled “Death Penalty in Asia: Law and Practice” will be hosted on 18th and 19th February 2021 by:
- Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
- School of Law, Vietnam National University Hanoi
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Graduate Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam
The themes of the online conference will include:
- Asia: Overview of Challenges relating to the Death Penalty (including wrongful conviction, racial bias)
- Asia: Attitudinal Work relating to the Death Penalty (including public opinion)
- Broader Social Impact of the Death Penalty (including family, stigma, retribution for victims’ families)
- Drugs and the Death Penalty
- Clemency across Asia
- Lethal Injection and Diplomacy
- Mental Health and the Death Penalty
Call for Papers
We invite scholars and practitioners working in the following areas to submit abstracts that would fit within the broad themes of the conference. The themes of the online conference will include:
- Asia: Overview of Challenges relating to the Death Penalty (including wrongful conviction, racial bias)
- Asia: Attitudinal Work relating to the Death Penalty (including public opinion)
- Broader Social Impact of the Death Penalty (including family, stigma, retribution for victims’ families)
- Drugs and the Death Penalty
- Clemency across Asia
- Lethal Injection and Diplomacy
- Mental Health and the Death Penalty
Details about requirements of abstracts and papers are available via the link below:
Submission of Abstracts
Authors should submit a 300-400 word abstract, which includes a title of the proposed paper and his/her short biographical details (including name, email, academic appointment, affiliations). Abstracts are to be submitted by 8 January 2021 via the link below:
Conference Program
The conference will take place on 18-19 February, 2021
Melbourne time - GMT+11: 12:30pm-4:30pm
Hanoi time - GMT+7: 8:30am-12:30pm
Kuala Lumpur time - GMT+8: 9:30am-1:30pm
Conference Proceedings
Papers to be presented
*Presenting at conference
Conference Registration
- This conference is jointly organised by:
- School of Law, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
- Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network
- Graduate Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam
- Please direct queries about the conference to:
Kathryn Taylor (in English) or
Giao, Vucong (in Vietnamese)