This creates serious risks to the health of the population, in particular expecting mothers, infants, children and the young generations most vulnerable to harm from radiation.
The response of the government to protect the people's right to life, right to health and reproductive health is far from satisfactory.
Human Rights Now is the only human rights NGO actively investigating and engaging advocacy on this serious human rights crisis in Japan.
Please see below our reports, investigations and policy proposals.
Latest Update
2012/09/11
[Statement] Request for the Radical Reform of the Health Check
System including Thyroid Examination for the Affected People by the
Nuclear Power Plant
Accident
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/statementrequest-for-the-radical-reform-of-the-health-check-system-including-thyroid-examination-for/
Fact Sheet for the Universal Periodic
Review 2012
Fact
Sheet For the Universal Periodic Review 2012
2012/08/16
[Statement] HRN statement on the Enactment of "Statute on
Protection and Support for the Children and other Victims of Tokyo
Electric Power Company Nuclear Power Plant Disaster" (June 25,
2012)
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/hrn-statement-on-the-enactment-of-statute-on-protection-and-support-for-the-children-and-other-victi/
Investigative
Report
2012/03/19
[Report] Investigative Report on Fukushima City and Koriyama
City
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/investigative-report-on-fukushima-city-and-koriyama-city/
Basic Policy Proposal of
HRN
2011/09/13 Human Rights
Violation after Fukushima disaster~ HRN published opinion paper to
urge the Japanese government to take immediate measure to protect
affected people
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/opinion-on-the-measures-to-be-taken-by-japan-and-tokyo-electric-power-company-to-address-the-destruc/
Report
and Request to the United Nation
2011/07/26
Human Rights Violation after Fukushima disaster and Great East Japan
Earthquake~ Request of a Country Visit to Japan by UN Special
Rapporteurs
2012/04/28 [Report] HRN submitted the UPR stakeholder report
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/report-hrn-submitted-the-upr-stakeholder-report/
2012/04/28 [Report] HRN submitted the counter
report to the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
in
advance to the committee's review on the report from
Japan
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/report-hrn-submitted-the-counter-report-to-the-committee-of-the-economic-social-cultural-rights-in-a/
After
1 year
2012/03/08
[Media] Fukushima mothers, kids speak if health concerns at N.Y.
event
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/media/media-fukushima-mothers-kids-speak-of-health-concerns-at-ny-event/
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2012/08/16 [Report] Situation of
women after natural/nuclear disaster in Japan~ Presentation in New
York, CSW,
2012
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/report-situation-of-women-after-natural-nuclear-disaster-in-japan-presentation-in-new-york-csw-2012/
[Events] "Fukushima 3.11: After 1
Year Photography Exhibition" will be held at New York University
(Mar 8- Mar
31)
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/toptopic/fukushima-311after-1-year-photography-exhibition-will-be-held-at-new-york-universitymar-8---may-31/
Media
2012/03/14
[Media] Families asked the world "not to forget" the disaster of
Fukushima in the United
Nations
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/media/media-families-asked-the-world-not-to-forget-the-disaster-of-fukushima-in-united-nation/
2012/04/28 [Media] Press Conference
on the grave situation around
Fukushima
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/media-press-conference-on-the-grave-situation-around-fukushima/
Immediate
Response~ Discrimination, Right to health of the affected children
2011/05/09 [Statement] Statement
concerning the unjustified discrimination of the people living in
close proximity to the Fukushima Nuclear Power
Plants
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/toptopic/statement-concerning-the-unjustified-discrimination-against-the-people-living-in-close-proximity-to/
2011/04/05
[Statement] Protection of fundamental human rights of people
affected by the recent natural disaster in
Japan
http://hrn.or.jp/eng/activity/area/japan/statement-protection-of-fundamental-human-rights-of-people-affected-by-the-recent-natural-disaster-i/
