HRN Submits Statement to Human Rights Council on the Continuing Violations...
HRN has submitted a statement to the Human Rights Council’s 53rd session on the continuing violations occurring in Myanmar since the junta extended its illegal rule last February, including the...
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Adoption of New Rape Laws & Press Conference
On June 16, 2023, the Japanese parliament adopted and enacted wide-ranging revisions to the Japanese Sexual Crime Penal Code. In this context, the Citizens Project for Criminal Law Reform, to which...
View ArticleHRN releases oral statement on sexual violence in the entertainment industry
HRN has released an oral statement on sexual violence in the entertainment industry in light of the recent Johnny Kitagawa scandal, calling for structural reforms in the industry to identify, prevent,...
View ArticleHRN has released an oral statement on continuing failures with Japan’s new...
HRN has released an oral statement on continuing failures with Japan’s new immigration and refugee law including continuing disproportionately long immigration detentions without judicial review and...
View ArticleHRN Releases Statement Protesting the Eight Arrest Warrants and Bounty...
HRN has released a statement protesting the eight arrest warrants and HK$ 1 million bounty issued by Hong Kong authorities against overseas activists for peaceful extraterritorial action wrongly...
View ArticleHRN Releases Oral Statement Reaffirming the Special Rapporteur on Internally...
HRN has released an oral statement reaffirming the Special Rapporteur on Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) Report on the almost 30,000 people still displaced by the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The...
View ArticleHRN releases oral statement on the continuing violations by Myanmar’s junta...
HRN has released an oral statement on the continued violations committed by Myanmar’s junta since it extended its rule last February and by Myanmar’s military since it escalated its attacks on...
View ArticleHRN Calls for Humanitarian Assistance and Accountability for the Destruction...
HRN has released a statement describing the significant harm caused by the destruction of the Russia-controlled Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, including harms to life and health; the displacement of...
View ArticleHRN Protests the US Decision to Supply Cluster Munitions to Ukraine and...
HRN has released a statement protesting the US decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine and condemning Russia’s uses of cluster munitions against civilians. Cluster munitions have an...
View ArticleHRN has signed the joint statement: NGOs and Lawyers Groups Call on...
HRN has signed the joint statement “NGOs and Lawyers Groups Call on Governments & Lao Authorities to Ensure the Immediate Release of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Lu Siwei A Joint Statement”. The...
View ArticleVideo statement on Japan’s release of radioactively contaminated water into...
HRN has submitted a video statement to the Human Rights Council protesting the start of the Japanese government’s plan to release radioactively contaminated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant...
View ArticleHRN Makes Oral Statement Calling on States to End Financial Support for...
HRN has made an oral statement at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva outlining the horrific crimes and human rights abuses carried out by Myanmar’s junta and military. We implore...
View ArticleHRN Makes Oral Statement on China and Hong Kong at the 54th Human Rights...
HRN has made an oral statement at the 54th Human Rights Council in Geneva protesting extrajudicial prompting for arbitrary arrests by China and Hong Kong authorities, including the arbitrary arrest of...
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HRN joins “the Coalition Against Forced Labour in Trade”
HRN, along with other international NGOs, has joined the Coalition Against Forced Labour in Trade which The Freedom Fund and the Human Trafficking Legal Center have launched. As a global network of...
View ArticleHRN gives an oral statement at the Human Rights Council on the crackdown on...
HRN has gives an oral statement for the 54th Human Rights Council session in Geneva on the crackdown on civil and political rights surrounding Cambodia’s recent national elections this summer. The text...
View Article[Statement] HRN calls for an immediate end to escalating military operations...
HRN has released a statement denouncing all attacks civilian populations in the current conflict in Palestine and Israel and calling for an immediate cease fire and other measures to protect civilians....
View ArticleStatement: HRN Condemns all Violations of International Law Targeting...
HRN has released a statement expressing grave concern over the situation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza facing indiscriminate and escalating attacks by the Israel Defence Forces, the continuing...
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