Statements

HRN submitted four statements on Fukushima, supply chains and labor rights, discriminatory punishment of women, and Japan’s terrorism bill to the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council

May 23, 2017

Japan, Business and Human Rights, Corporate social responsibility, Defenders Democratic Space, Economic social and cultural rights, Fukushima, UN Activity, United Nations, Violence against Women

The 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council will be held in Geneva from June 6, 2017. Human Rights Now submitted the following four written statements to the session:

The Human Rights Situation of People Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

A Long Way to Go – the Human Rights Situation in the Supply Chains of Japanese Companies

The International Community must Help End the Globally Prevalent Practice of Discriminatory Punishment and Treatment of Women

Japan: Concerns with the “Crime of Preparation for Terrorism and Other Acts” Bill

[Open Letter] Human Rights Now signed on an open letter to call on States to strongly encourage the Myanmar government to fully cooperate with the UN Fact-Finding Mission into the human rights situation in Myanmar

International Network on Explosive Weapons issue letter on the use of weapons in populated areas ahead of the UN Security Council Open Debate, May 25, 2017

Statements

Japan, Business and Human Rights, Corporate social responsibility, Defenders Democratic Space, Economic social and cultural rights, Fukushima, UN Activity, United Nations, Violence against Women