The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network is a regional network of organisations and individuals committed to working towards abolition of the death penalty in the Asia Pacific. Our role is to create wider societal support for abolition of the death penalty in the Asia Pacific region through advocacy, education and network building.
WHO WE ARE
ADPAN is a growing, independent network with members in 22 Asia-Pacific countries, including civil society groups, organizations, trade unions, legal associations, consumer groups, professional bodies, academic groups, and individuals from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, and Vietnam.
LATEST
ADPAN congratulates Dr Mai Sato from CrimeInfo Japan and Eleos Justice, Monash University on this appointment
The Human Rights Council has appointed Mai Sato as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
ADPAN congratulates Kirsten Han from Transformative Justice Collective on this award
Portside Review is pleased to announce the winning essay for the 2024 Human Rights Essay Prize: Kirsten Han for the essay ‘Singapore Will Always Be At War’. Dani Netherclif’s essay ‘Read as a Boy’ has taken the runner up position.