【ADPAN x TAEDP系列講座第三場】民主？民意？廢死運動的困境

台灣跟馬來西亞都是尚未廢除死刑的國家。在台灣，政治人物總拿著民意作為擋箭牌，迴避兩公約締約國應盡的廢除死刑義務。而2018年在馬來西亞，曾一度看見廢死的曙光，結果最後也是礙於民意，而取消廢除死刑計畫，僅廢除「絕對死刑」的部分。

民意是複雜的，它會隨著資訊揭露的完整與否，有不同的趨勢變化。相較於民意支持死刑，民意更支持的其實是政府面對犯罪問題、解決犯罪問題。然而政府長期不願深究民意的需求，僅僅簡化為「民意支持死刑」。儘管死刑向來解決不了任何問題。

這場【民主？民意？—廢死運動的困境】線上講座，我們會從鄰近的亞洲國家談起。包含韓國的長時間不執行死刑，以及蒙古的政治人物對人權價值的堅定及捍衛。再邀請到台灣的立法委員邱顯智、馬來西亞的國會議員Kasthuri Patto，分享政治人物推動廢死的責任和困境，以及未盡之路的下一步，我們應該怎麼走。

時間｜2021年11月13日（週六）11:00-12:30
地點｜線上座談（Zoom會議室: https://zoom.us/j/94290657535）
主持｜Dobby Chew（亞洲反死刑網絡執行長）
主講｜林欣怡（台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟執行長）
與談｜邱顯智（台灣立法委員）、Kasthuri Patto（馬來西亞國會議員）

＊會議全程有同步中英文口譯 ＊

【Democracy? Public Opinion? -The challenges of the Abolitionist Movement】

Taiwan and Malaysia are both countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty.
In Taiwan, politicians always use public opinion as a shield to avoid the obligation to abolish the death penalty as a state party. While in Malaysia, back in October 2018, the government announced the country's intention to abolish the death penalty, and since then, public opposition has been mounting. Since then, the abolition of the death penalty has been downgraded to the abolition of the mandatory death penalty.

Public opinion is complex, and it will change in different trends as information is revealed or not. Public opinion is more concerned about how the government can resolve the crime problem rather than support abolishing the death penalty. However, the government has long been reluctant to look deeply into the needs of public opinion but simplifying it to "public support for the death penalty". However, The death penalty has no deterrent effect. Claims that each execution deters a certain number of murders have been thoroughly discredited by social science research.

This Forum will focus on our neighbouring Asian countries, including Korea's long-standing non-execution of the death penalty and Mongolia's politicians' determination to defend and uphold human rights values. We invited Taiwan legislator Hsien-Chih Chiu and Member of Parliament in Malaysian Kasthuri Patto to share the responsibilities and challenges of promoting the abolition of the death penalty and the action plan for the future.