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Human Rights in Japan ? intriguing, progressing, but still lacking
http://hdl.handle.net/10445/4916
http://hdl.handle.net/10445/4916ea8eccbf-3766-46ee-a574-3e39a9d15808
| Item type | 学術雑誌論文 / Journal Article(1) | |||||
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| 公開日 | 2010-11-26 | |||||
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| タイトル | Human Rights in Japan ? intriguing, progressing, but still lacking | |||||
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| 言語 | eng | |||||
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| 資源タイプ識別子 | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 | |||||
| 資源タイプ | journal article | |||||
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| アクセス権 | metadata only access | |||||
| アクセス権URI | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb | |||||
| 著者 |
M. H., Field
× M. H., Field |
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| 内容記述タイプ | Abstract | |||||
| 内容記述 | Japan was admitted to the United Nations (U.N.) in 1956; however, it was not until the late 1970s that Japan ratified any human rights conventions. By 1982, Japan had been elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR). Japan’s policies on human rights, particularly toward issues outside Japan, were almost non-existent until more recently, even though the Japanese Constitution upholds human rights as a core value. There are obvious polarised positions on Japan’s human rights (in) actions. For example the U.N. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance concluded that “there is racial discrimination and xenophobia in Japan, and it affects three circles of discriminated groups: the national minorities… Koreans and Chinese… foreigners and migrants from… the rest of the world” and highlighted that the discrimination were of a social, economic, political, historical and cultural nature. The Japanese government, on the other hand, has denied the accusations and has argued that “Japan has taken all measures to combat racial discrimination”. This paper briefly examines human rights in Japan by addressing some of the issues in the “circles” identified by the U.N. Rapporteur. Human rights put Japan in an uncomfortable position; however, it would be erroneous to portray Japan as a country where human rights abuses akin to some of its Asian neighbours abound. At the same time, much remains to be done to complete the transition to an open society where minorities and multiculturalism is both respected and promoted at all levels. Japan has the opportunity to convert the rhetoric into real action so other states can see the possibilities and follow the lead. | |||||
| 書誌情報 |
Waseda Global Forum 巻 6, 発行日 2010-04 |
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| 値 | あり/yes | |||||
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| 値 | 原著論文/Original Paper | |||||
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| 値 | 単著/solo | |||||
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| 出版者 | Waseda University | |||||
