Unpacking the Death Penalty in ASEAN

Sriprapha Petcharamesree was Senior Faculty Member at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University in Thailand. She received her Ph.D. (Doctorate) in international politics from the University of Paris-X Nanterre, France. She was awarded, in 2017, Honorary Doctor by the University of Oslo, Norway, for her contribution to human rights. From 2009 to 2012, she has served as Representative of Thailand to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Her recent works focus, among others, on issues of citizenship, migration, refugees and asylum seekers as well as statelessness, human rights in international relations, human rights laws and human rights education. She was entrusted by the AICHR (ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights) to synthesize the country reports on right to life focusing death penalty in ASEAN. She continues her research on the issues and advocates for the abolition of death penalty in the region. Alan Collins is Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and International Relations, Swansea University, United Kingdom. Much of Mark Capaldi’s work has been in South and East Asia, where he has lived for 30 years when he worked with the International NGOs Concern Worldwide, PACT Inc., Save the Children UK and ECPAT International. As Deputy Director of ECPAT International (2001–2011), he worked to end the commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, supporting a wide range of programming and advocacy in all regions of the world. From 2011 to 2018, he took on the role of ECPAT’s global Head of Research and Policy. He has a doctorate degree with the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University, Bangkok, where he currently works as Lecturer. The research topic of his dissertation was children’s agency within independent child migration in Thailand. Other recent researchareas included a ten countries study on the death penalty in ASEAN and also the issue of religions and its impact on sexuality within Southeast Asia.  

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