{"id":194,"date":"2013-05-31T14:06:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T05:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.hrn.or.jp\/?p=194"},"modified":"2023-10-25T09:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:44:27","slug":"special-rapporteur-health-report-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2013\/05\/31\/special-rapporteur-health-report-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Watch Special Rapporteur Anand Grover’s report to the UNHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Rapporteur Submits Report<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the accident at\u00a0the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan,\u00a0Human Rights Now (HRN) sent a request for the United Nations to conduct an independent investigation after concerns emerged that the Japanese government’s response to the accident was insufficient to protect affected people’s right to life, right to health and reproductive health.<\/p>\n

The United Nations accepted and in November 2012, a fact finding mission visited Japan. In March 2013, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, presented his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In light of apparent shortfalls in the governments response, the report contained several recommendations to the Japanese authorities.<\/p>\n

You can watch the Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and mental health present his report to the UNHRC at the link\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0His speech starts at (00:00:40).<\/p>\n

You can also download and read a full copy of his report in PDF format\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Special Rapporteur’s Report on Fukushima PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Video of Special Rapporteur’s Report to UNHRC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special Rapporteur Submits Report Following the accident at\u00a0the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan,\u00a0Human Rights Now (HRN) sent a request for the United Nations to conduct an independent investigation after concerns emerged that the Japanese government’s response to the accident was insufficient to protect affected people’s right to life, right to health and reproductive health. The United Nations accepted and in November 2012, a fact finding mission visited Japan. In March 2013, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, presented his report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In light of apparent shortfalls in the governments response, the report contained several recommendations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[12,5,60],"countries":[248],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","tag-economic-social-and-cultural-rights","tag-united-nations","tag-video","countries-japan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t