Dean Michael Hor and Po Jen Yap will be speaking at the Criminal Justice Conference 2015: Criminal Justice and the Singapore Constitution to be held on 15 August 2015 at the Singapore Management University. They will speaking on a panel addressing Punishment/Sentencing and the Singapore Constitution. Some of the issues that might be discussed on this panel include
- Limits on the types of punishment that the state can impose
- Punishment/ sentencing, Art 12 and the rule of law in Singapore
- Mandatory minimum sentences
- Constitutional prohibition against cruel and inhuman/unusual punishments
- Judicial independence and judicial power in sentencing
- The rights of prisoners in Singapore and Art 10
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