The Conversation Series brings together our brightest thinkers and sharpest minds—academics, practitioners, advocates—to weigh in on topical issues pertaining to the death penalty in the Asia Pacific region. All seminars are offered online via zoom.

You can register for upcoming events at the links below.

Upcoming Events

Conversation Series: Death Penalty Policy and Practice in Singapore with Professor Michael Hor, 18 August 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 AEST

Conversation Series: In Conversation with Professor William Schabas, 15 July 2021, 17:00 – 18:00 AEST

Conversation Series: Death Penalty Holdouts in the South Pacific with Associate Professor Daniel Pascoe, 3 June 2021, 13:00 – 14:00 AEST

Conversation Series Archive

1 April 2021: Sarah Belal, Death Penalty in Pakistan 

Conversation Series Archive

10 February 2021: Ambika Satkunanathan, Fellow of the Open Society Foundations (2020-2021) and Catherine Heard, Director, World Prison Research Programme, Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London 

Conversation Series Archive

26 November 2020: Dr Christopher Ward SC, Issues Concerning the Reintroduction of the Death Penalty in the Philippines 

World Day Against the Death Penalty with Sister Helen Prejean

Thanks to The Julian Wagner Memorial Fund & Australians Against Capital Punishment