Report Launch - Deadly Distraction: Why Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in Sth Asia
View the report here.
To watch this past event, click play on the video below:
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)
Event Details
- Date:
- 19 May 2022 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
- Venue:
- Online via Zoom
Description
View the report here.
To watch this past event, click play on the video below:
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)
Event Contact
- Name
- Monash Law Events Team
- law-engagement@monash.edu
- Phone
- Organisation