Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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161.198 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Implement fully its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including following the Committee’s guidelines on Article 14 to protect the security and personal integrity of persons with disability who are deprived of their liberty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.4 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider the abolition of the death penalty in its legislation, and proceed to the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.6.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Establish an immediate formal moratorium on executions and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.7 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty and consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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161.61 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Enact a law prohibiting discrimination, including on the basis of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity, and that other necessary measures be undertaken to ensure gender equality | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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161.67 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Adopt an anti-discrimination law with adequate and corresponding penal provisions to protect victims | 4 - General action | Noted |
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161.88 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Face up to and reflect on history, sincerely apologize on the issue of “comfort women“, make compensations to the victims, and ensure the right of the public to information in this regard | 4 - General action | Noted |
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161.95.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider applying a moratorium on executions, with a view to ultimately abolishing the death penalty | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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161.100.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Establish an official moratorium on executions and abolish the death penalty for all crimes | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.100.9 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, as a first step towards complete abolition of this practice and as a way of reassuring the Japanese public that adequate law enforcement does not require the state to carry out executions | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.113 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Improve prison conditions to bring them in line with internationally accepted standards and guidelines | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.137 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Continue ongoing reforms in the field of justice and criminal procedure with a view to an in-depth review of the system of substitute detention (daiyô kangoku) | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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161.5.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.73 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Further the efforts of some local governments and private firms to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, including by extending at the national level formal recognition of same-sex partnerships | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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161.75 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Move quickly to introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation to provide equal protection against discrimination for all persons and on all grounds, including sexual orientation or gender identity | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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161.136 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Authorize the defendant to immediately have access to a lawyer and limit the detention period without charges to a maximum of 48 hours, as a step towards abolishing this system | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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161.143 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider amplifying the application of the Relief Act for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb to the second generation of the survivors of atomic bombs, particularly in health issues | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.198.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Including following the Committee’s guidelines on Article 14 to protect the security and personal integrity of persons with disability who are deprived of their liberty | 4 - General action | Noted |
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161.58 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Eliminate legislative provisions that are discriminatory against women, children born out of wedlock, ethnic or national minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex persons, with a view to expressly prohibiting hate speech and penalizing any non-consensual sexual conduct | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.59 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Adopt a broadly applicable anti-discrimination law, including a comprehensive definition of discrimination, with a view to ensuring the prohibition of all forms of direct and indirect discrimination, including on the basis of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or nationality | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.111 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Improve prison conditions with the aim of aligning them to international norms and standards on the treatment of prisoners | 4 - General action | Noted |
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161.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider lifting existing reservations to the international human rights treaties | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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161.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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161.5.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.5.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.5.4 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.6.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and in the meantime, establish a moratorium on execution | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.8 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Second Optional Protocol aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and in the meantime, declare an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolish the death penalty, commuting the death sentences to prison terms | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.9 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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161.26 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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