[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----death penalty conference in the Philippines

[Rick Halperin]

Manila, October 27-28, 2014


Ministers of Justice, Public Officials, Mayors, religious representatives, 
witnesses of the struggle for justice and human rights from several Asian 
countries (Philippines, India, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Laos, 
Cambodia, Vietnam and others) and EU countries delegates will gather in Manila, 
for the first Asian International Conference "No justice without life" 
organized by the Department of Justice of the Philippines and the Community of 
Sant'Egidio in cooperation with the Municipality of Mandaluyong, Metromanila.

The Conference is intended to offer a platform of dialogue to those countries 
who have initiated or are initiating a path towards a moratorium on executions, 
in order to open a dialogue to a renovation of justice, with priority to human 
rights and values, according to Asian cultural and religious heritage.
The Conference, first in Asia, lies in the mainstream of the "No justice 
without life" global campaign initiated in 2005 by the Community of 
Sant'Egidio, an international lay association of catholic church based in Rome 
and worldwide spread. Joining this campaign, more than 2000 cities of 50 
countries have declared being "Cities for life", creating an international 
network for life and restorative justice spread all over the world. More than 
30 Mayors of Philippines "Cities for Life" will attend the Conference. Their 
commitment has brought many steps forward a restorative human justice in recent 
years, in Asia and worldwide.


Venue: Edsa Shangri-la Hotel
        1 Garden Way--Ortigas Center
        Mandaluyuong City, Manila, 1650

Draft Programme

Monday Oct. 27   No Justice Without Life
      15-17 pm           Opening Session

Tuesday Oct., 28
      9-12 am session	Cities For Life, The Global Campaign
      15 pm		Final Ceremony in Green Fields Square
 			 Mandaluyong, Public attendance,
 			 signature of Appeal for life and justice


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