ヒューマンライツ・ナウは、福島の原発事故による放射能汚染水を太平洋に放出し始める日本政府の計画に抗議する口頭声明を、ジュネーブで開催された第54会期人権理事会に提出しました。

福島からの避難者である園田美都子さんによって読まれた声明には、汚染処理水を太平洋に放出するという決定が、いかにリスクや実行可能な代替案を過小評価し、いかに地元住民や近隣住民の権利を侵害しているかに焦点を当てています。私たちは政府に対し、福島原発事故の犠牲者の苦しみを終わらせ、汚染水を太平洋に放出するという決定を撤回するための措置を講じるよう求めます。

以下が声明の全文（原文）です。声明の動画はこちらにてご覧頂けます。

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Human Rights Now appreciates the ongoing concern of the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights about the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Many countries and experts are against the Japanese government’s decision to release radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean for the next 30 years. The majority of Fukushima authorities object. This month, hundreds of citizens filed a lawsuit to stop it as a violation of UNCLOS and the London Convention.

The government neglects the risk of tritium and other nuclides including strontium-90 in the water and ignores viable alternative methods. They should respect the 11 UPR recommendations about this issue and joint communications by the special rapporteurs.

The decision violates the rights of residents, whose livelihoods and health are threatened, and the rights of Japan’s neighboring populations.

I am one of the thousands of victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Many are still suffering without government support. We urge that they stop forcing victims to suffer even more and reverse its decision to dump contaminated water into the fragile ecosystem of the Pacific Ocean.

Thank you.

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