THE DEATH PENALTY: JAPAN IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE
Registration CLOSED
the European Union Institute in Japan (EUIJ) Waseda, along with The British Embassy and Netherlands Embassy will co-organise a seminar on 25 November entitled "The Death Penalty: Japan in World Perspective".
The objective of the seminar is to promote debate and discussion on the use of the death penalty in Japan. Public support for the death penalty in Japan remains consistently high according to national surveys. However, Japan (along with the US), seems an anomaly alongside most other liberal democracies around the world which have abolished the death penalty. Shortly after assuming office, former Justice Minister, Keiko Chiba, pledged to start a public debate on the death penalty in Japan. This seminar gives you the opportunity to hear from European and Japanese experts on the death penalty, and join in the debate.
Date: Thursday 25 November
Time: 13:00-14:30 (Room will be opened from 12:20)
Place: Large Conference Room, 4th Floor, Building 11, Waseda University
(Click Here for the campus map)
Language: English / Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Sparkers:
Nobuto Hosaka, former parliamentarian and former Chair of the Parliamentary League Against the Death Penalty
Roger Hood, Professor, Oxford University
Saul Lehrfreund, British lawyer working with the NGO "The Death Penalty Project"
Parvais Jabbar, British lawyer working with the NGO "The Death Penalty Project"
Bart Stapert, Dutch capital defence lawyer
Yusuke Fuse, a Japanese death penalty analyst
MC:
Dominic Al-Badri, Political Analyst, the EU delegation
