Other Issues

Other issues
Please see our activities, statements and reports on this topic.

Criminal justice, arbitrary detention and torture

Statements

HRN Submits Statement to Human Rights Council Criticizing Japan’s Proposed Immigration Reform Bill for not Protecting Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers

May 30, 2023

Japan, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity

Statements

HRN releases statement condemning the Myanmar junta’s sentencing of seven university students to the death penalty

December 8, 2022

Myanmar, Civil and Political Rights, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Defenders Democratic Space, Human Rights Defenders / independence of judiciary

Statements

[Joint Statement] China Must Ensure Basic Rights of Detained Human Rights Defenders Cheng Yuan and Wu Gejianxiong

July 29, 2022

China, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Defenders / independence of judiciary

Statements

Written Request for Legislation to End Forced Appearances in Adult Pornographic Videos

June 21, 2022

Child rights, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, girls, Violence against Women, Women's Rights

Statements

HRN Gives Oral Statement on the Dire Situation in Myanmar for the Human Rights Council

June 20, 2022

Myanmar, Accountability for gross human rights violations, Criminal justice / arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts/military operation

Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)

April 8, 2025

USA, Civil and Political Rights, Freedom of Speech, Refugee/IDP

Human Rights Council Oral Statement on Persons Displaced by the Fukushima Disaster

June 27, 2024

Japan, Fukushima, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity

[Endorsement] Open letter: Urgent Call for Swift Action against the Military Junta to End Its War of Terror and Protect Civilians in Myanmar

February 5, 2024

Myanmar, Armed conflict, Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts/military operation, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity, United Nations

[Statement] Three Years after the Coup in Myanmar, Indiscriminate Violence against Civilians is Escalating and Must End

February 1, 2024

Myanmar, Armed conflict, Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts/military operation, Refugee/IDP, UN Activity, United Nations

Statements

HRN Releases Oral Statement Reaffirming the Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced People’s Report on People Still Displaced by the 2011 Fukushima Disaster

July 20, 2023

Japan, Economic social and cultural rights, Fukushima, Refugee/IDP

Strengthening human rights mechanisms

Statements

39th HRC Session: Oral Statement on Technical Assistance to Address Land Grabbing in Cambodia

October 1, 2018

Cambodia, Economic social and cultural rights, Strengthen human rights mechanism, Training and empowerment/technical cooperation, UN Activity

Statements

HRN released “Statement regarding the calls for the resignation of the chairperson of CEDAW”

December 9, 2016

Japan, Defenders Democratic Space, Strengthen human rights mechanism, UN Activity, United Nations

Information

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana visits Human Rights Now

February 10, 2013

Myanmar, Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts/military operation, Strengthen human rights mechanism, United Nations

Statements

Comment: Kazuko Ito, Secretary General of Human Rights Now comments on Human Rights Council election

November 13, 2012

Strengthen human rights mechanism, United Nations

Statements

UNHRC membership elections: Joint letter to candidates

November 12, 2012

Strengthen human rights mechanism, United Nations