Asian Regional Congress on Death Penalty - 11-12 June, 2015

11 TH & 12TH JUNE 2015
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Renaissance Hotel

DAY 1 • 11 TH JUNE 2015
9AM Registration for the public / coffee welcoming
10AM VIPs’ arrival
 
Opening ceremony (include Video)
10AM YB Senator Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan, Minister In The Prime
Minister’s Department, Malaysia
10.25AM Chow Ying Ngeow, Executive Committee of ADPAN
10.40AM Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, Executive Director, The Organisation
Together against the Death Penalty (ECPM), France
10.55AM Steven Thiru, President , Malaysian Bar
11.10AM Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
(SUHAKAM)
11.25AM Constantin Nicolaysen Karamé, First Secretary, Royal Norwegian
Embassy, Kuala Lumpur
11.40 AM H.E. Rod Smith, Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia
11.55 AM H.E. Luc Vandebon, Ambassador & Head of Delegation of the European
Union to Malaysia
 
VIDEOS: • Bichop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace prize, 1984
• Father Charlie Burrows
 
12PM to 1.30PM Lunch Time
 
1.30PM to 3.30PM Plenary session: DRUGS AND DEATH PENALTY
 
TOPIC:
The inefficiency of death penalty in drug related crimes. The responsibility
of the European countries and UN agencies in financing anti-drug
programs in retentionist countries.
 
MODERATOR: Representative from ADPAN
SPEAKERS:
• Dr. Rick Lines, Executive Director, Harm Reduction International, United
Kingdom
• Ricky Gunawan, Director, Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH)
Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute), Indonesia
• Professor Franklin Zimring, School of Law, University of California,
Berkeley, California, United States of America
• M Ravi, Human and Anti-Death Penalty Activist, Singapore
• Matilda Bogner, Regional Representative for South East Asia of OHCHR


3.30PM to 4PM Coffee Break
 
4PM to 5PM Workshop 1: THE MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
TOPIC:
Make a clear distinction between the death penalty and the mandatory death
penalty, to consider the abolition of the mandatory death penalty as a first
step towards total abolition. Progress and regression of the mandatory death
penalty. Identification of steps for abolition of the mandatory death penalty.
MODERATOR: Representative from ADPAN
SPEAKERS:
• Professor Chan Wing Cheong, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law,
National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Parvais Jabbar, Co-Executive Director, The Death Penalty Project, United Kingdom
• Dr. Azmi Sharom, Law Professor, University of Malaya (TBC)
• Julian McMahon, Australian lawyer and barrister for Myuran Sukumaran and
Andrew Chan, executed in Indonesia
 
5PM to 6PM Testimonies: JUDICIAL OFFICIALS/JUDGES/LAWYERS
AND THE DEATH PENALTY
TOPIC:
Judicial Officials, Judges and Lawyers will testify their personal experiences
when dealing with a death penalty case: how they made decisions; what were
their reflections?
SPEAKERS:
• Chin-hsien Chen, Judge, Tainan District Court, Taiwan
• Chow Ying Ngeow, Lawyer/ Executive Committee of ADPAN
• Julian McMahon, Australian lawyer and barrister for Myuran Sukumaran
and Andrew Chan, executed in Indonesia
 
DAY 2 • 12TH JUNE 2015
 
9AM to 10.30AM First roundtable discussion: THE ELEMENTS OF UNFAIR TRIALS
TOPIC:
The topic of discrimination in the use of the death penalty.
Point out the non-respect of criminal law-guaranteed procedures:
unaccompanied defendant during the interrogations, confessions sometimes
obtained under torture, etc. Remind retentionist countries to respect the
criminal procedures set up and guaranteed by the Criminal Procedure Code.
MODERATOR: Representative from ADPAN
SPEAKERS:
• Abdul Rashid Ismail, Advocate & Solicitor, Messrs Rashid Zulkifli
and Past President, National Human Rights Society (HAKAM), Malaysia
• Saul Lehrfreund, Co-Executive Director, The Death Penalty Project, United Kingdom
• Leon Chih-hau Huang, Lawyer, Taiwan - LIONHEART Attorneys-at-Law,
specialized in Intellectual Property, Int’l Dispute, Criminal Defense, Legal
Interpretation, Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry
• Puri Kencana Putri, Research Bureau, The Commission for
“the Disappeared” and Victims of Violence (Kontras), Indonesia
 

10.30AM to 11AM Coffee break

11AM to 12.30PM Second roundtable discussion: DIPLOMACY AND DEATH PENALTY
TOPIC
The diplomatic leverages, a useful tool to help advance the abolitionist cause.
The role of interregional organizations (e.g. ASEAN) to promote the abolition of
the death penalty in Asia.
MODERATOR:
• Richard Sedillot, Lawyer and Defender of death row prisoners,
Vice President of the International Commission of the CIB, ECPM Administrator
SPEAKERS:
• Rafendi Djamin, Representative of Indonesia to ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Right (AICHR)
• Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Representative of Malaysia to ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Right (AICHR)
• Luvsanvandan Bold, Member of Parliament, Mongolia and Former Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia
 
12.30PM to 2PM Lunch Time
 
2PM to 3.30PM Workshop 2: INGOs, DIPLOMACY AND DEATH PENALTY
TOPIC
Sharing experiences on how to incorporate international pressure and
diplomacy pressure with local campaigns.
Develop common strategies adapted to the particular context of the
considered area: East and South East Asia.
MODERATOR:
• Aurélie Plaçais, Program Director, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, France
SPEAKERS:
• Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, Executive Director, The Organisation Together
against the Death Penalty (ECPM), France
• Hanna Gormann, Head of European Commission Project, Reprieve,
United Kingdom
• Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty Researcher, Amnesty International,
United Kingdom
• Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Operational Coordinator, The Indonesian Human Rights
Monitor (Imparsial), Indonesia
• Valérie Régnier, International Relation, Comunita’ di Sant’Egidio
• Michelle Kissenkoetter, Director of Asia Desk, International Federation for
Human Rights FIDH
 
2PM to 3.30PM Workshop 3: WORKING WITH THE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES
TOPIC:
Death penalty should not be only tackled through law and legislation approaches.
Telling stories, talking about individuals who are directly affected by the death
penalty is essential to raise awareness among the media and the public. The
importance of creating educational tools about the work with the victims’ families.
Focus on how we can work with the victim’s family from an NGO’s point of view.
How to reach them without scare them away and develop a relationship with the
victim’s family. How to reach out to different victims groups and work with them.
MODERATOR: Representative from ADPAN
SPEAKERS:
• Jiazhen Wu, Deputy Director, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP),
Taiwan
• Arthur Wilson, Executive Director, Prison Fellowship Pakistan, Pakistan
• Toshi Kazama, New York-based photographer, Journey of Hope
• Sabine Atlaoui, Spouse of a death row prisoner in Indonesia

2PM to 3.30PM Workshop 4: TEACHING ABOLITION
TOPIC:
The integration of educative workshops in academic systems’ curricula.
MODERATOR: Representative from ADPAN
SPEAKERS:
• Marianne Rossi, The Organisation Together against the Death Penalty (ECPM),
France
• Munkhjavhlan Baatar, Lecturer, National University of Mongolia and Human
Rights Activist, Mongolia
• Connie Chan Man-Wai, Senior Campaigner, Amnesty International, Hong Kong
• Li-shu, Weng, Lu Jiang Elementary School teacher, Executive Board Member
of TAEDP, Member of TAEDP Curriculum Team
• Datuk Dr. Khaw Lake Tee, Vice-Chairman, Human Rights Commission
of Malaysia (SUHAKAM)
 
3.30PM to 4PM Coffee break
 
4PM to 5PM Closing ceremony
SPEAKERS: • Constantin Nicolaysen Karamé, First Secretary, Royal Norwegian Embassy,
Kuala Lumpur
• Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, Executive Director, The Organisation Together against
the Death Penalty (ECPM), France
• Charles Hector, Executive Committee of ADPAN
• Florence Bellivier, President of WCADP
• Mario Marazziti, Member of Italian Parliament, Parliamentarian for Global Action


CULTURAL PROGRAM:
• Ewam Lin: exhibition of prison drawings (by TAEDP)
• Installation of a prison cell by AI Malaysia/ and pictures of prison
• Letters written by former death-row inmate Yong Vui Kong
• Exhibition of the International Drawing Contest: “Draw Me the Abolition”