Two recent changes that spoke to SMU Assistant Professor of Law Mahdev Mohan were the setting up of a task force on human trafficking and changes to the mandatory death penalty. He welcomed them as signals that Singapore is trying to align local laws with international practice. For this National Day Rally, instead of giving a pep talk and presenting a grand vision, Prof Mohan, who set up human rights consultancy, Access to Justice Asia, with his wife in 2008, thinks it would be much better for the speakers to present ideas for various sectors in society, then step back and "start trusting that people can live up to it".
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The Straits Times
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