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Let’s Discuss Peace & Human Rights in English!
Human Rights Now, a Tokyo-based international human rights NGO, will hold a course of English discussion sessions (eikaiwa) called “Let’s Discuss Peace & Human Rights in English!” like we have held...
View ArticleWritten Statement Submitted to the 40th Human Rights Council session “People...
Human Rights Now submitted a written statement on Fukushima for the upcoming 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council titled “People Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Continue to be Forced...
View ArticleWritten statement submitted to 40th Human Rights Council session “The...
Human Rights Now has submitted a written statement on Myanmar to the 40th UN Human Rights Council session, titled “The Government of Myanmar Must End the Grave Human Rights Violations against...
View ArticleWritten Statement submitted to the 40th Human Rights Council Session “Human...
Human Rights Now has submitted a written statement for the 40th session of the Human Rights Council titled “Human Rights Now Expresses Concern over Continuing Crackdowns in China”. The session will be...
View ArticleJoint Open Letter to the Government of Thailand
Human Rights Now (HRN) has signed a joint open letter to the government of Thailand urging it to take immediate action to seek the dismissal of cases filed by the farming company Thammakaset Co. Ltd....
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Spring 2019 Book Club
Join our English Discussion Class ~ Feminism & Women’s Rights ~ Human Rights Now is organising a weekly discussion class to talk about women’s rights issues and feminism in Japan and abroad. We...
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【Event】NGO CSW parallel event in NY
#WeToo & Olympics: Collective Voice Against Discrimination and Sexual Violence in Sport On March 12, 2019, Human Rights Now will hold an event titled “#WeToo & Olympics: Collective Voice...
View Article40th HRC Session: Oral Statement on People Affected by the Fukushima Nuclear...
On 04 March 2019, Human Rights Now gave an oral statement on the situation of the people affected by the Fukushima Daichii nuclear power station. HRN urges the government of Japan to implement human...
View Article40th HRC Session: Oral Statement on the Dire Human Rights Situation in Myanmar
On 11 March 2019, Human Rights Now gave an oral statement at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva calling on the government of Myanmar to end grave human rights violations against...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Nasrin Sotoudeh
Human Rights Now has released a statement on the recent sentencing of Iranian rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. The statement is available below and from the following link in pdf format....
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Brunei’s New Discriminatory Laws
On April 8th, HRN released a statement on Brunei’s new discriminatory criminal laws, expressing our concern with its discriminatory punishment of LGBT persons, women, and others–adultery and...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on Continuing Political Suppression in Cambodia
HRN has released a statement on continuing political suppression in Cambodia following the indictments in March of eight politicians of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which the Supreme...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement on the ICC Decision not to Investigate War Crimes in...
HRN is releasing a statement protesting the ICC decision to reject the Prosecutor’s request for permission to open an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement Protesting the Police Use of Excessive Force in Hong Kong
Human Rights Now has released a statement strongly protesting the police use of excessive force in Hong Kong. After Hong Kong authorities proposed a law allowing the transfer of criminal suspects to...
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HRN has Co-signed a Statement Criticizing the Marine Seafood Council’s New...
HRN has co-signed a public statement with 12 other NGOs expressing our concern that the Marine Stewardship Council’s new system for Chain of Custody Certification will not be effective in identifying,...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement Calling for Repeal of Alabama’s New Anti-Abortion Law
HRN has released a statement expressing alarm over a new anti-abortion law passed in the US state of Alabama which imposes a near-total ban on abortions, part of a trend among several states to...
View ArticleHRN Gives an Oral Statement at the 41st Human Rights Council Session on...
On June 24, Human Rights Now gave an oral statement at the 41st Human Rights Council session in Geneva about the threats to the freedom of Hong Kong’s judiciary posed by a proposed bill allowing...
View ArticleHRN Gives an Oral Statement at the 41st Human Rights Council Session on...
On June 26, Human Rights Now gave an oral statement at the 41st Human Rights Council session in Geneva on threats to freedom of the press in Japan. The statement was given at a meeting where the...
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Let’s Discuss Cutting Edge Human Rights Issues in English!
Human Rights Now is hosting an eikaiwa discussion course Aug. to Sept. 2019 titled “Cutting Edge Topics in Human Rights”. For this course, we are focusing on human rights topics that are new issues...
View ArticleHRN Releases its Report “Comparative Analysis of National Action Plans and...
Human Rights Now has released the English version of its report “Comparative Analysis of National Action Plans and Other Legal Mechanisms on Business and Human Rights” today. The report is designed to...
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