AFP helps death penalty nations, while Australia campaigns for end to death penalty as part of UN bid

By Amy Remeikis, Tom McIlroy
Updated May 21 2017 - 12:43pm, first published 12:38pm
Foreign minister Julie Bishop speaking at the opening of the Kimberley Process in Perth on Monday May 1, 2017.??  Photo: Supplied
Foreign minister Julie Bishop speaking at the opening of the Kimberley Process in Perth on Monday May 1, 2017.?? Photo: Supplied

Australia continues to assist in international prosecutions where the death penalty is an option, while underpinning its bid for a seat on the United Nation's Human Rights Council with a call to abolish capital punishment worldwide.

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