PGA Commemorates World Day Against the Death Penalty

Commemorated since 2003, the World Day Against the Death Penalty is marked on 10 October. This year, PGA highlighted its members’ efforts to promote abolition of the death penalty and a fairer criminal justice system.

PGA conducts consultations with parliamentarians and civil society representatives in Malaysia and Indonesia

In November 2019, PGA, with its partners, Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM) [Together against the death penalty] and the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) consulted with parliamentarians and policy makers in Malaysia and Indonesia on the abolition of the death penalty and criminal justice reform. In Malaysia, this mission coincided with the hearings and consultations of various stakeholders by a Special Committee established by the Ministry of Law to study punishment alternatives to mandatory death penalty, which the government has promised to abolish. PGA attended a briefing of majority MPs by the Special Committee, facilitated by Hon. Kasthuri Patto, Member of PGA’s Executive Committee. In Indonesia, discussions centered on the role of the death penalty in the ongoing revision of the Criminal Code (Reformasi process).