U.N. Committee Faults Japan Human Rights Performance, Demands Progress Report on Key Issues
Dados Bibliográficos
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ANO | 2009 |
TIPO | Article |
PERIÓDICO | Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology |
ISSN | 1743-7555 |
E-ISSN | 1743-7563 |
EDITORA | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
DOI | 10.1017/s1557466009035906 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
How can Japan move toward gender equality, the elimination of authoritarian police practices and realization of the human rights enshrined in its laws and treaty obligations? Many Japanese human rights lawyers and activists believe that one important path forward lies through international institutions, especially those created under the auspices of the United Nations. In the latest round of an ongoing battle to enforce international norms in Japan, lawyers and activists presented a powerful case before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva and succeeded in persuading the Committee to deliver stinging criticisms of Japan's failures to take action to remedy several longstanding human rights problems.