Publication

This publication discusses the death penalty issue in Indonesia from an Australian perspective. Whether or not Indonesia abolishes the death penalty matters to Australia for principled and practical reasons. Two members of the 'Bali Nine' heroin smuggling ring face execution there, a situation that could severely disrupt bilateral relations. The author argues that Australia can and should do more to promote abolition and that an abolitionist Indonesia potentially could be a key domino that spurs other Southeast Asian states to abolish the death penalty.