Leveraging law and politics to abolish the death penalty for drug offences
Please join us on Monday 17 April 2023 for a special high-level side event held during the Harm Reduction International Conference 2023 (HR23), featuring a keynote address by H.E. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Former President of Mongolia, and closing remarks by H.E. Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand.
This free event is co-hosted by Harm Reduction International, Capital Punishment Justice Project, Eleos Justice - Monash University and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN).
Following a concerning surge in executions for drug offences in 2022, the panel will discuss legal, political, and trade tools available to abolitionist governments to promote abolition - both in relation to drug offences specifically, and as part of broader efforts to abolish the death penalty in all its forms.
Confirmed speakers include:
H.E. Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Former President of Mongolia and Commissioner, International Commission against the Death Penalty (keynote address)
H.E. Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Chair, Global Commission on Drug Policy and Commissioner, International Commission against the Death Penalty (closing remarks)
Mary Ellen Miller, Assistant Secretary – Human Rights and Social Inclusion, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Karen Gomez Dumpit, Former Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Kirsten Han, Journalist and death penalty abolitionist
Naomi Burke-Shyne, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International.
Chaired by: Dr Mai Sato, Inaugural Director, Eleos Justice, Monash University.
Limited places available. Reserve your spot by Friday 14 April.
For more information about HR23 visit: https://hr23.hri.global/
