De Jure Abolition of the Death Penalty: Cambodia and the Philippines

• Main Author: Chan-Gonzaga, Ma Ngina Teresa V.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Criminology; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Policy; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/ateneo-school-of-law-pubs/54; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8840-0_7
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

While there appears to be a movement decidedly towards the universal abolition of capital punishment, ASEAN seems to be bucking the trend with only two of its Member-States currently abolitionists de jure. This paper examines anew the Cambodian and Philippine experiences of abolition, both the histo...