{"id":2445,"date":"2015-04-15T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T10:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?page_id=2445"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:16:20","slug":"other-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/other-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/other.jpg\" alt=\"Other issues\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Please see our activities, statements and reports on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"box_white\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<h2>Criminal justice, arbitrary detention and torture<\/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\/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\/2023\/05\/30\/hrc53_statement_on_immigration_amendment_bill\/\">HRN Submits Statement to Human Rights Council Criticizing Japan&#8217;s Proposed Immigration Reform Bill for not Protecting Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">May 30, 2023<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/criminal-justice-arbitrary-detention-and-torture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal justice \/ arbitrary detention and torture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/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\/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\/2022\/12\/08\/myanmar_student_death_penalty_statement\/\">HRN releases statement condemning the Myanmar junta\u2019s sentencing of seven university students to the death penalty<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">December 8, 2022<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/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\/criminal-justice-arbitrary-detention-and-torture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal justice \/ arbitrary detention and torture<\/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\/human-rights-defenders-independence-of-judiciary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Defenders \/ independence of judiciary<\/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\/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\/2022\/07\/29\/joint-statement\/\">[Joint Statement] China Must Ensure Basic Rights of Detained Human Rights Defenders Cheng Yuan and Wu Gejianxiong<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">July 29, 2022<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/china\/\" rel=\"tag\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/criminal-justice-arbitrary-detention-and-torture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal justice \/ arbitrary detention and torture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-defenders-independence-of-judiciary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Defenders \/ independence of judiciary<\/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\/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\/2022\/06\/21\/written-request-forced-appearances-in-adult-pornographic-videos\/\">Written Request for Legislation to End Forced Appearances in Adult Pornographic Videos<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">June 21, 2022<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/child-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Child rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/criminal-justice-arbitrary-detention-and-torture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal justice \/ arbitrary detention and torture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/girls\/\" rel=\"tag\">girls<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/violence-against-women\/\" rel=\"tag\">Violence against Women<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/womens-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Women's 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\/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\/2022\/06\/20\/hrc50_os_myanmar\/\">HRN Gives Oral Statement on the Dire Situation in Myanmar for the Human Rights Council<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">June 20, 2022<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/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\/criminal-justice-arbitrary-detention-and-torture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Criminal justice \/ arbitrary detention and torture<\/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<div class=\"box_white\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<h2>Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)<\/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\/2025\/06\/07\/hrc59-ws-fukushima\/\">[HRC59 Statement] Fourteen Years after the Fukushima Disaster, Human Rights Violations against IDPs Continue<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">June 7, 2025<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/fukushima\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fukushima<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/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\/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\/2024\/06\/27\/hrc56-fukushima-oral-statement\/\">Human Rights Council Oral Statement on Persons Displaced by the Fukushima Disaster<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">June 27, 2024<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/fukushima\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fukushima<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/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\/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\/2024\/02\/05\/myanmar-statement-hrc55-2\/\">[Endorsement] Open letter: Urgent Call for Swift Action against the Military Junta to End Its War of Terror and Protect Civilians in Myanmar<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">February 5, 2024<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/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\/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\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/un-activity\/\" rel=\"tag\">UN Activity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/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\/2024\/02\/01\/myanmar-statement-hrc55\/\">[Statement] Three Years after the Coup in Myanmar, Indiscriminate Violence against Civilians is Escalating and Must End<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">February 1, 2024<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/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\/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\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/un-activity\/\" rel=\"tag\">UN Activity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/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\/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\/2023\/07\/20\/oral-statement-on-fukushima-idps\/\">HRN Releases Oral Statement Reaffirming the Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced People&#8217;s Report on People Still Displaced by the 2011 Fukushima Disaster<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">July 20, 2023<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/economic-social-and-cultural-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Economic social and cultural rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/fukushima\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fukushima<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/refugee-idp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Refugee\/IDP<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"box_white\">\n<h2>Strengthening human rights mechanisms<\/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\/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\/2018\/10\/01\/hrc39-cambodia-land-grabbing-oral-statement\/\"><i>39th HRC Session<\/i>: Oral Statement on Technical Assistance to Address Land Grabbing in Cambodia<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">October 1, 2018<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/cambodia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/economic-social-and-cultural-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Economic social and cultural rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/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\/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\/2016\/12\/09\/cedaw-resignation-statement\/\">HRN released &#8220;Statement regarding the calls for the resignation of the chairperson of CEDAW&#8221;<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">December 9, 2016<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/japan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Japan<\/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\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/un-activity\/\" rel=\"tag\">UN Activity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/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><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2013\/02\/10\/myanmar-special-rapporteur-visit\/\">The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana visits Human Rights Now<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">February 10, 2013<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/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\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/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\/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\/2012\/11\/13\/unga-asian-clean-slate-statement\/\">Comment: Kazuko Ito, Secretary General of Human Rights Now comments on Human Rights Council election<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">November 13, 2012<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/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\/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\/2012\/11\/12\/hrc-elections-joint-letter\/\">UNHRC membership elections: Joint letter to candidates<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">November 12, 2012<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/united-nations\/\" rel=\"tag\">United Nations<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see our activities, statements and reports on this topic. 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