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To: Governmental and NGO Representatives attending the 2nd UPR of Japan:
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2． For Immediate Ratification of the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (individual communications)
After the last UPR, the current ruling party won the general election with the promise that it would establish the individual communication system. However, the successive Justice Ministers have failed to keep that promise. On the contrary, especially after the March 11 Great Earthquake, the parliamentary secretary and a high official in charge of human rights and humanitarian question in Ministry of Foreign Affairs who were active for promoting human rights have been removed from their posts and replaced with others who claim that “some groups are opposed to the ratification”. The problem is not merely the lack of political will.
It is essential to understand that, more than half a century after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Japanese Government does not only neglect the implementation of the UNHRC recommendations but is acting against the principles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In fact, it argued back against the UNHRC’s recommendations on its Second Periodic Report to avoid the implementation of these recommendations. In the court trials on nuclear power plants, the Government did not disclose all information which fact led to the proliferation of nuclear plants all over Japan. In addition, the Government has neglected measures to prevent accident and caused the explosion of reactors at Fukushima Plant. The people of Fukushima who suffered heavy damages from the earthquake and tsunami have been driven away from their home due to radiations and are now left without any adequate economic compensation. Because of lack of information that should have been provided quickly after the accident, children who are very vulnerable to radioactivity have been exposed and are now denied their rights to health management and to seek refuge for safety. Continued human rights violations perpetrated on the people of Fukushima and the workers of nuclear power plant constitute a major humanitarian problem.
The Foreign Ministry in July this year organized the “World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku”, but most of the officers in charge of the event, do not know about the human rights treaties or UNHRC recommendations. Even Fukushima prefecture governor and mayors of cities and towns in the prefecture do not know about the treaties and recommendations that serve as international legal standards.
In addition, the Japanese Government authorized the re-start of Ohi nuclear power plant whose safety has yet to be confirmed. This poses a threat to the entire international community and testifies to the hostile attitude of Japanese Government against the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Human Rights Covenants.
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