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NO JUSTICE WITHOUT LIFE
The Death Penalty in a Globalized World
Symposium
For a Universal Moratorium on the Death Penalty:
How Japan may be closer to the rest of the World
Tokyo – Italian Institute of Culture
October 29th, 2012
3:30 pm ~ 7:00 pm
with the support of funding from the European Commission
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Introduction
Alberto Quattrucci
Secretary General of Peoples and Religions, Community of Sant’Egidio
No Justice Without Life
screening of a short video
Thematic remarks
The World and the Death Penalty: Evolving Standards, New Challenges
Mario Marazziti
Spokesman of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Vice-President of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Italy
The Voice of the Victims
Kate Lowenstein
Program Director, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, USA
More Justice Without the Death Penalty. A Testimony from Death Row
Curtis Mc Carthy
Innocent, exoneree, after spending 20 years of his life on Oklahoma Death Row, USA
As a Continent that has Abolished the Death Penalty Can Better Fight Crime for a Safer Society
Gianni Pittella
Vice-President of the European Parliament, EU
European Union, Human Rights and the Development of Peoples: Japan in Step with the Times
Hans Dietmar Schweisgut
Ambassador of the European Union to Japan
Special Message of His Holiness Benedict xvi Against the Death Penalty
Music Interlude
G. Donizetti : 'Anna Bolena'
“Piangete voi... Al dolce guidami!”
soprano - Tiziana Ducati
piano – Harumi Saito
No More Death Penalty in Japan: a Strategic Need
Japan and the Abolition of the Death Penalty: Current Situation and Prospects
Mizuho Fukushima
House of the Councillors, Member of the Japan Parliamentary League fo the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Japan
Involving Japan in the International Debate on the Death Penalty
Nobuto Hosaka
Mayor of Setagawa and Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Justice and Death Penalty: The Hakamada case
Norimichi Kumamoto
Judge of Hakamada case, Japan
For a Culture of Life: Media, Public opinion, Secrecy and the Death Penalty
Muneto Nikai
Journalist, Japan
Forgiveness, Restoration, Justice, Retribution: Same Goal, Different Human and Social Costs
Pio d’Emilia
Journalist, Italy
No Justice Without Life
screening of a short video
Japanese Organizations against the Death Penalty
The Evolution in the Use of the Death Penalty in Asia
Hideki Wakabayashi
Secretary General of Amnesty International Japan
From a Universal Moratorium to the Abolition of the Death Penalty: a Strategy
Masayuki Ogawara
Secretary General of Study Group for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Bar Association
The Death Penalty in Japan: a Practice Unworthy of a Democracy
Taku Fukada
Spokesman for Forum 90, Japan
Urgent Steps Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty in Japan
Maiko Tagusari
Secretary General of Center for Prisoners’ Rights, ADPAN Japan
Interreligious Cooperation and Repealing of the Death Penalty in Japan
Keii Amemori
Secretary General of the Japan Interreligious Network Against the Death Penaly
Testimonies of fighting against the Death Penalty in Japan
Justice and the Value of Life: a Testimony
Kiyoshi Abe
Lawyer of Mrs. Sachiko Eto, a woman executed in Sendai, Japan 27 September 2012
The Art of Living: No to the Death Penalty
Ken Ito
Composer, Orchestra Conductor, Japan
New Generations for a Future Without the Death Penalty
Takahisa Akiyama
Student at the Kanto Gakuin University, Japan
Make the Death Penalty History, For a More Humane Society
Tetsuya Takahashi
Philosopher, University of Tokyo, Japan
Death Penalty: from a past wrong towards a more humane future
No Justice Without Life: a Testimony
Sakae Menda
Former death row inmate in the Fukuoka Detention Center, Japan
No Justice Without Life: the Words of Religions
Rowan Douglas Williams (video intervention)
Archbishop of Canterbury and Anglican Primate of All England, United Kingdom
Ryuji Furukawa
Seimeizan Schweitzer Temple, Japan
Renato Raffaele Martino (video intervention)
Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Vatican
Katsuya Kimura
Oomoto Denomination, Japan
Siti Musdah Mulia (video intervention)
Islamic University "Syarief Hidayatullah", Indonesia
Juan Masiá
Jesuit, Catholic Church, Japan
Yoshiaki Sanada
WCRP Japan
The Conference is OPEN to the public
Japanese-English-Italian interpretation will be provided
Please register via email:
[email protected]
or fax:
39.06.89922520
( you can write in Japanese, English or Italian languages )
Italian Institute of Culture of Tokyo
2-1-30 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074
Tel 03-3264-6011 Fax 03-3262-0853 e-mail [email protected]
Subway Station: Kudanshita (Tozai Line - light blue)
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