Report Launch - Deadly Distraction: Why Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in Sth Asia

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Since 2010, persons convicted of rape offences were executed in at least 9 countries, including India and Pakistan. Moreover, public protests against the rape epidemic, which led governments to introduce capital rape laws, illustrates the need to shine a spotlight in South Asia.

Please join the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Eleos Justice and SAME Network to launch our report ‘A Deadly Distraction: Why the Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in South Asia’.

The report examines the use of the death penalty for rape in four South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and explores ways that anti-death penalty activists can challenge this concerning trend.

Speakers

• Moderator: ChowYing Ngeow, Lawyer, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) Executive Committee

Overview of report findings:

• Co-Author: Sara Kowal, Manager – Partnerships and Clinic, Eleos Justice, Monash University @sarakowal
• Co-Author: Zaman Ashraf, South Asia Consultant of Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) @ZamanAshraf
• Co-Author: Scott Walker, Fellow at Eleos Justice, Researcher at the Castan Centre for Human Rights, Monash University @Scott_Walker

Expert panel:

• Panel Moderator: Associate Professor Mai Sato, Director, Eleos Justice, Monash University
• Valerie Khan, Gender, Justice and Child Protection Specialist @valekhan
• Swagata Raha, Head- Research and Co-Head, Restorative Practices, Enfold Proactive Health Trust @enfoldindia
• Ambika Satkunanthan, Open Society Foundations Fellow 2020-2022 @ambikasat
• Taqbir Huda, Coordinator, Justice for All Now (JANO), Bangladesh & Member, Rape Law Reform Coalition (Bangladesh)