What is Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)?
The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) was set up in Hong Kong following a Consultative Meeting organized by Amnesty International in July 2006 and officially launched throughout the Asia Pacific Region on World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2006. ADPAN is an independent informal network with 51 members made up of individuals and organizations mainly from the Asia-Pacific Region. Members are committed to working for the abolition of the Death Penalty within the Asia Pacific Region. The network is not linked to any political party or religion and is independent of all governments. Members include lawyers, parliamentarians and activists from 23 countries:
Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, UK, USA.
The following organizations are members of ADPAN:
1. Action for Peace and Human Rights (APHR), Sri Lanka
2. Amnesty International
3. Asia Pacific Youth Network (APYN)
4. Australians Against Capital Punishment, Australia
5. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), India
6. Catholic Human Rights Committee, South Korea
7. Centre for Prisoners’ Rights, Japan
8. Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KONTRAS), Indonesia
9. Comunità di Sant' Egidio, Italy
10. Criminal Justice Coalition, Australia
11. Democratic Commission for Human Development, Pakistan
12. FORUM-ASIA, Thailand
13. Forum 90, Japan
14. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
15. Hong Kong Society and Community Organization, Hong Kong
16. Imparsial, Indonesia
17. Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum, (ICRAF), Papua New Guinea
18. Lawyers for Liberty, Malaysia
19. Malaysians against the death Penalty and Torture – MADPET, Malaysia
20. Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, USA
21. National Centre for Women and Children, Tonga
22. Odhikar, Bangladesh
23. Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, Fiji
24. People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), India
25. Philippine Human Rights Information Center (Philrights), The Philippines
26. Prison Fellowship, Pakistan
27. Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign, Singapore
28. Singaporeans for Democracy, Singapore
29. Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), Taiwan
30. The CONSENSUS, Mongolia
31. Think Centre, Singapore
32. Union for Civil Liberty, Thailand
33. World Coalition against the Death Penalty, France
ADPAN is an informal network of individuals and organizations and its work is coordinated for the time being by Amnesty International. Membership of ADPAN involves commitment to the abolition of the death penalty in the Asia Pacific region and members are asked to:
- participate and campaign in actions aimed at the abolition of the death penalty in countries from the Asia Pacific region,
- send appeals for the commutation of death sentences,
- publicise relevant information through organizing of events,
- share information amongst ADPAN members
- participate in meetings where possible.
How to join ADPAN:
You may join ADPAN either as an individual or as an organization.
If you would like to become a member of ADPAN, please provide your name and contact details.
1. Name (please underline your family name)
Are you joining as an individual or as an organization, please state:
Organization (yes/no) Individual (yes/no)
2. Name of Organization:
3. Address:
Email:
Telephone:
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4. Any other comments:
Please email completed form to:
adpan@amnesty.org