Confronting capital punishment in Asia : human rights, politics and public opinion / edited by Roger Hood, Surya Deva ; Børge Bakken [and fifteen others] ; contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hood, Roger, 1936-

Deva, Surya.

Bakken, Børge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Asia.

Capital punishment.

Human rights--Asia.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (702 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty. This is in recognition that it is a violation of the right to life and the right to be free from cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. There has, simultaneously, been pressure on countries that still retain capital punishment to ensure that they at least apply the United Nations minimum human rightssafeguards established to protect the rights of those facing the death penalty.This book shows that the majority of

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; I. SITUATING ASIA IN AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT; 1. State Execution: Is Asia Different and Why?; 1. Patterns of Death Penalty Policy in Asia; 2. Explaining Asian Differences; Public opinion; Single nation parochialism; 3. Two Modest Proposals; 2. The Impact and Importance of International Human Rights Standards: Asia in World Perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. Does International Law Prohibit the Death Penalty?

3. The Development of International Norms and the Worldwide Trend Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty-A Dynamic Relationship4. The Applicable International Human Rights Standards; Transparency and the need for data; The scope of the death penalty; Minimum fair trial guarantees; 5. The Impact of International Human Rights Obligations on the Domestic Law-The Role of the Judiciary in Harmonizing Standards; The mandatory death penalty; Pardons and petitions of mercy; 6. Concluding Remarks; 3. Examining China's Responses to the Global Campaign Against the Death Penalty; 1. Introduction

2. Chinese Discourse and Practices on the Death Penalty: Changes and ResistanceAn overview of attitudinal, normative, and institutional transformations regarding capital punishment in China; Resistance to justifications for, and setbacks to, the capital punishment reforms in China; 3. Evaluating the Impact of International Pressures on Chinese Capital Punishment Practices: Case Studies and Empirical Evidence; Banning the ritual of pre-execution shaming parades; The failed political intervention to save Akmal Shaikh from execution

Varying degrees of distrust among Chinese legal elites towards international human rights forces4. Conclusion; 4. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Abolishing Capital Punishment: A Critical Evaluation; 1. Introduction; 2. Role, Relevance, and Significance of NHRIs; 3. Positive Developments; 4. Areas of Concern and the Scope for Greater Engagement; India; Maldives; Thailand; Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; 5. Conclusion; 5. The Role of Abolitionist Nations in Stopping the Use of the Death Penalty in Asia: The Case of Australia; 1. Introduction

2. Australia's Relationship with Asia3. Australian Internal Laws and Policies and its International Stance on the Death Penalty; 4. Australian Formal Laws and Policies in Relation to Cooperation with Asian Retentionist Nations in Criminal Matters; 5. Informal Australian Policies: Australian-Asian Agency to Agency Cooperation when the Asian Agency is Located in a State that Maintains the Death Penalty; 6. Conclusion; II. THE PROGRESS SO FAR; 6. Recent Reforms and Prospects in China; 1. Introduction; 2. Cautious Application of the Death Penalty by the Courts

3. Reducing Use of the Death Penalty Through Legislation

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-176577-5

0-19-150901-9

0-19-150900-0

OCLC:

921055578