Japan-Australia pact highlights need to move away creatively from death penalty
- Written by Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University
The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) reached in principle this week by Japan and Australia provides a legal framework for the Australian Defence Force and the Japanese Self-Defence Force to operate in each other’s territories.
It has taken six years to get to this point. There are various reasons for this, but a significant stumbling block...





