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 forces 4. 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
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 forces 4. 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