Freedom of Speech

Reports

HRN Submits Stakeholder Shadow Report to the Human Rights Council’s UPR Committee for Japan’s 4th UPR Review

July 15, 2022

Japan, Business and Human Rights, Child rights, Civil and Political Rights, Freedom of Speech, Fukushima, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity, United Nations, UPR, Violence against Women

Statements

HRN Releases a Statement, “The Refusal to Appoint Members of the Science Council of Japan is an Unacceptable Violation of International Human Rights Law”

October 6, 2020

Japan, Civil and Political Rights, Freedom of Speech

Statements

HRN Gives an Oral Statement at the 41st Human Rights Council Session on Freedom of the Press in Japan

July 1, 2019

Japan, Freedom of Speech

Statements

39th HRC Session: Oral Statement on the Democratic Abuses in the Cambodian Elections

October 1, 2018

Cambodia, Civil and Political Rights, Freedom of Speech, UN Activity

Statements

39th HRC Session: Oral Statement on Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

September 21, 2018

Myanmar, Accountability, Civil and Political Rights, Extrajudicial killings / war crime and crimes against humanity, Freedom of Speech, Rohingya, UN Activity, Violence against Women

Statements

Written Statement submitted to 39^th Human Rights Council session “The International Community Must Support the Protection of Displaced Rohingya and the Myanmar Government Must Ensure Accountability for Crimes against Them”

September 3, 2018

Myanmar, Accountability, Child rights, Civil and Political Rights, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Economic social and cultural rights, Extrajudicial killings / war crime and crimes against humanity, Freedom of Speech, Refugee/IDP, Rohingya, Violence against Women

Media

Media reports on threats to freedom of speech in Japan

September 1, 2017

Japan, Defenders Democratic Space, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights Defenders / independence of judiciary

Statements

HRN submits statements on political harassment in Cambodia and lawyer detentions in China to the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council

August 21, 2017

Cambodia, China, Defenders Democratic Space, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Speech, UN Activity, United Nations

Events

June 16, 2017 (Fri) — Freedom of Expression in Japan: Report and Conversation with David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.

June 13, 2017

Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Events

Japan: David Kaye expresses concerns about freedom of expression and media independence in Japan

June 9, 2017

Defenders Democratic Space, Freedom of Speech