What is ADPAN?

The Anti -Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) is a cross-regional voice committed to working for the abolition of the death penalty across Asia and the Pacific.

ADPAN was founded in Hong Kong following a Consultative Meeting organized by Amnesty International in 2006. It answered a call from local abolitionists to organise regionally and was launched throughout the region on World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October 2006.

Who are its members?

ADPAN is a growing active network with members in 24 countries not linked to any political party or religion and is independent of all governments.

It is made up of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society groups, lawyers and individual members. Our members come from:

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.

Listed below are the organizations that make up ADPAN:

Action for Peace and Human Rights (APHR), Sri Lanka

Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation

Amnesty International

Asia Pacific Youth Network (APYN)

Australians Against Capital Punishment, Australia

Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), India 

Catholic Human Rights Committee, South Korea

Center for Prisoners’ Rights, Japan 

Civil Rights Committee of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH), Malaysia

Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KONTRAS), Indonesia

Comunità di Sant’ Egidio, Italy

Criminal Justice Coalition, Australia

Democratic Commission for Human Development,(DCHD) Pakistan

End the Death Penalty Group Hong Kong

FORUM-ASIA, Thailand

Forum 90, Japan

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan 

Hong Kong Society and Community Organization,(SoCo) Hong Kong

Hong Kong Joint Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Hong Kong

Imparsial, Indonesia

Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum, (ICRAF), Papua New Guinea

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHRI), India 

Lawyers for Liberty, Malaysia 

Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat (LBH Masyarakat), Indonesia 

Malaysians against the death Penalty and Torture (MADPET), Malaysia

Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights,(MVFHR), USA 

National Centre for Women and Children,(NCWC), Tonga

Odhikar, Bangladesh 

Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, Fiji

People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), India 

Philippine Human Rights Information Center (Philrights), Philippines

Prison Fellowship Pakistan, Pakistan

Reprieve, Australia

Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign (SADPC), Singapore

Singaporeans for Democracy (SFD), Singapore

Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), Taiwan

The CONSENSUS, Mongolia

The Rights Practice

Think Centre, Singapore 

Union for Civil Liberty, Thailand

We Believe in Second Chances

World Coalition against the Death Penalty, (WCADP), France 

What do we do ?

Those wishing to become membes of ADPAN need to agree to the criteria below:

• Commitment to campaign for an end to the death penalty in the Asia Pacific region.

• Join in key actions and lobbying around the annual World Days against the Death Penalty 10 October, Cities for Life 30 November and reactive and pro-active campaigning

• Place wherever possible, ADPAN news releases and ADPAN statements on membership websites.

• Share information and translations of relevant death penalty materials amongst the network

• Provide regular feedback on ADPAN membership activities.

• Work towards or set up independent national coalitions against the death penalty in own countries

• Contribute to national and regional strategies in support of abolition

• The name of the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) can never be used in any news releases, statements, organization of public meetings or any other public activity without prior consent from the ADPAN coordinator.

For further details and information about membership please contact us at:

contactadpan@gmail.com