TOKYO/GENEVA (4 August 2023) – UN experts today commended Japan’s commitment to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and urged the government to address deeply...

GENEVA (13 July 2023) – The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will conduct its first official visit to Japan from 24 July to 4 August. The experts will assess efforts to identify, prevent...

TOKYO/GENEVA (28 April 2023) – A UN expert today urged the Japanese government to assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and step up pressure on the country’s...

GENEVA (17 April 2023) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, will conduct a visit to Japan from 19 to 28 April. “As conditions continue to deteriorate in...

GENEVA (26 January 2023) – Japan’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 31 January 2023...

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and thirty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Ethiopia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Philippines and the...

GENEVA (3 November 2022) – The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) has issued its findings onEthiopia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and Russia, after examining the implementation of...

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Japan on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political...

GENEVA (10 October 2022) – A UN expert has urged the Japanese government to give unqualified, human rights and needs-based support to the more than 30,000 people still displaced 11 years after the...

GENEVA (7 October 2022) – The UN Human Rights Committee will hold its upcoming session from 10 October to 4 November, during which it will review the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Ethiopia...