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title: 'INTERNATIONAL: Philippines to Host International Conference with Focus on Capital Punishment'
description: 'An international human rights conference with an emphasis on Asian cultural and religious heritage and a special focus on the death penalty will be held…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/international-philippines-to-host-international-conference-with-focus-on-capital-punishment'
section: news
date: '2014-10-10T16:11:34-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:39:03-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! An international human rights conference with an emphasis on Asian cultural and religious heritage and a special focus on the death penalty will be held in **Manila** on October 27-28, 2014. Representatives from the Philippines, India, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the European Union are expected. The conference is being organized by the Department of Justice of the Philippines and the Community of Sant'Egidio, an international Catholic lay association. The event, the first of its kind in Asia, is titled "No justice without life" and is part of Sant'Egidio's "Cities for Life" campaign. **President Benino Aquino** of the Philippines will offer remarks to open the conference.

("[International Conference: No justice without life](http://archive.santegidio.org/pageID/3/langID/it/amp;itemID/9915/amp;langID/en/NEWS.html)," Community of Sant'Egidio, Press Release, October 10, 2014). See **[International](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/international)** and **[Religious Views](/article.php%3Fdid%3D2249)**.