{"id":2407,"date":"2015-04-15T19:05:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T10:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?page_id=2407"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:15:40","slug":"accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/accountability.jpg\" alt=\"Accountability for gross human rights violations\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">HRN seeks accountability for gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity. We work to end impunity for grave violations of human rights based on the firm belief that achieving justice and accountability could prevent a recurrence of such violations and lay a foundation for long-lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In particular, understanding that the status quo often fails to seek accountability for violations by strong states, HRN demands justice and accountability for crimes perpetrated by the strongest states. In this respect, HRN focuses on human rights violations committed in the course of the Global War on Terror and violations committed in occupied Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">At the same time, HRN works to end impunity and support transitional justice processes in various Asian countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box_white\">\n<h2>Activities, Statements and Reports on this topic<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"statement__list\">\n        <article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/statement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Statements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2026\/04\/10\/lebanon-statement\/\">[Statement] HRN Strongly Condemns Israel\u2019s Continuing Attacks and Mass Displacement of Civilians in Lebanon<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">April 10, 2026<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/israel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/labanon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Labanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accountability for gross human rights violations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/extrajudicial-killings-war-crime-and-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Extrajudicial killings \/ war crime and crimes against humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts\/military operation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/statement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Statements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2026\/02\/28\/4th-anniversary-ukraine-statement\/\">[Statement] Four years after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, we once again call on Russia to immediately cease military action, withdraw, and ensure accountability for violations of international law<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">February 28, 2026<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/ukrain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accountability for gross human rights violations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/armed-conflict\/\" rel=\"tag\">Armed conflict<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/civil-and-political-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Civil and Political Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/defenders-democratic-space\/\" rel=\"tag\">Defenders Democratic Space<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/extrajudicial-killings-war-crime-and-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Extrajudicial killings \/ war crime and crimes against humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts\/military operation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/statement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Statements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/hrc61_ws_gaza\/\">[Statement] The Government of Israel Must Immediately End Its On-going Genocide against the Palestinian People and Occupation of Palestinian Territory<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">February 3, 2026<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/israel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/palestine-opt\/\" rel=\"tag\">Palestine (OPT)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accountability for gross human rights violations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/armed-conflict\/\" rel=\"tag\">Armed conflict<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/extrajudicial-killings-war-crime-and-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Extrajudicial killings \/ war crime and crimes against humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts\/military operation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/un-activity\/\" rel=\"tag\">UN Activity<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/report\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reports<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2026\/01\/20\/us-report\/\">[Report] Actions of the United States government that significantly harm the protection of human rights internationally<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">January 20, 2026<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/usa\/\" rel=\"tag\">USA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accountability for gross human rights violations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/economic-social-and-cultural-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Economic social and cultural rights<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/statement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Statements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2025\/09\/27\/palestine-statement\/\">HRN Releases Statement Calling on States to Act Urgently to End Israel\u2019s Genocide Against the Palestinian People and its Illegal Occupation of Palestinian Territory<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">September 27, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/israel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/palestine-opt\/\" rel=\"tag\">Palestine (OPT)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/accountability-for-gross-human-rights-violations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accountability for gross human rights violations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/armed-conflict\/\" rel=\"tag\">Armed conflict<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/extrajudicial-killings-war-crime-and-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Extrajudicial killings \/ war crime and crimes against humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts\/military operation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HRN seeks accountability for gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity. We work to end impunity for grave violations of human rights based on the firm belief that achieving justice and accountability could prevent a recurrence of such violations and lay a foundation for long-lasting peace. In particular, understanding that the status quo often fails to seek accountability for violations by strong states, HRN demands justice and accountability for crimes perpetrated by the strongest states. In this respect, HRN focuses on human rights violations committed in the course of the Global War on Terror and violations committed in occupied Palestinian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7149,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2407\/revisions\/7149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}