N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the calls by, inter alia, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child to establish a human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles as soon as possible.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Harmonize the procedures for reviewing asylum decisions with the Convention against Torture and other relevant human rights treaties and provide State legal aid for migrants who need it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to establish a national institution in accordance with the Paris Principles.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the interrogation of detainees in police custody are systematically monitored and recorded and that the Code of Criminal Procedure is harmonized with article 15 of the Convention against Torture and article 14, paragraph 3, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and uphold the right of defence to have access to all relevant materials.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review, inter alia, the land rights and other rights of the Ainu population and harmonize them with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility to ratify OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the CRPD
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the CRPD and adopt discrimination laws to protect persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that economic, social and cultural rights be enjoyed on an equal footing in national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Swiftly conclude the process of setting up a national human rights institution in compliance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working on establishing a national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its policies on improving the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue prohibiting all forms of direct or indirect discrimination including discrimination based on language, gender, race, religion or nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the Third Basic Plan for Gender Equality and raise related measures to combat violence against women, treating the problems of women belonging to minorities in an effective way
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the empowerment of women and given them a bigger role in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its efforts to combat discrimination and intolerance, particularly towards migrants, foreigners, asylum seekers and refugees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to fight human trafficking, especially of women and children, in line with international legal standards in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further increase its efforts to prevent the sexual exploitation of children and to prosecute the authors of such acts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to guarantee freedom of religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to ensure a greater political representation and participation of women in public life as well as to address the issue of wage gap between men and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pay more attention to the needs of persons with disabilities, particularly by covering their medical expenses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures in order to lower or abolish education fees at the University level as well as granting scholarships in order to alleviate the financial burdens further
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote and implement programmes and policies to improve the situation of minorities and to support them at the linguistic, cultural and social levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to protect the human rights of foreigners - including refugees- and prevent discrimination against them in both law and practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue playing a positive international role in the field of human rights by maintaining its financial contributions and continue its bilateral human rights dialogue
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.203
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote the efforts to make mentally and psychologically disabled persons benefit from the health-care services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue in its efforts to accelerate the achievement of substantive equality for women and men, with a greater focus on women, especially minority women, in decision-making policy positions in the public and private sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue in its efforts to ensure full access to education enrolment to all and to remove any obstacles that minority communities may face, particularly in reference to equal access to education for women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to protect workers’ rights to safe and healthy working conditions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Formulate a national work plan for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to ensure that multinational companies headquartered in Japan do not violate human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019