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Tokyo Jogakkan Middle School Students visited Human Rights Now

9th graders from Tokyo Jogakkan Middle School students visited Human Rights Now office on February 3, 2015 as a part of “social contribution learning experience”. They will present their learning...

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Emergency Session on aftermath of Kenji Goto’s kidnapping in Syria: What can...

Human Rights Now would like to invite you to an emergency session on the kidnapping and execution of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist. The Japanese hostage incident ended on a dreadful note with a...

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Need for Structural Improvement in Monitoring Labor Conditions in its Supply...

[Joint Statement] Need for Structural Improvement in Monitoring Labor Conditions in its Supply Chain ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Last year, labor NGO, Students and Scholars Against Corporate...

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2015 CSW Parallel Event in New York, 9th March

On 9th March 2015, Human Rights Now (HRN) hosts an event at the UN Headquarters in New York under the title of ‘Truth and Justice for “Comfort Women” ~Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military during...

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Human Rights Now has submitted written statements to 28th session of Human...

Human Rights Now has submitted our written statements to the 28th session of Human Rights Council starting from 2nd of March in Geneva. This time, we have produced the following four statements; ■...

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Four Years after 3/11, What we could, could not and what we shall do

Human Rights Now Project Outcome Release: ■ ■ Four Years after 3/11, What we could, could not and what we shall do ■ ■ It has been full four years since The Great East Japan Earthquake.Human Rights...

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Secretary General Kazuko Ito speaks at UN World Conference on Disaster Risk...

The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Several thousand participants are expected, including at...

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Published “4 Yeas after the Great East Japan Earthquake – investigative...

It has been 4 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Human Rights Now (HRN)a Tokyo-based NGO, has conducted special project team and carried out a survey targeting Victims in Ofunato, Iwate...

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3/28 Human Rights Now & DPI collaboration event “Let’s think about Rights and...

HRN-DPIEvent flyer (In Japanese) □Date: March 28 (SAT), 2015 13:00pm- 16:30pm (open at 12:30pm) □Place: Sophia University Yotsuya campus Building 2 2F Room210 5min. on foot from Yotsuya sta. Exit...

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Symposium:4/4 —affiliation with the ICC will save Palestine? —

Last year, 2,000 people were killed by Israeli bombing raids. In January of 2015, Palestine has completed processes to entry into the ICC. Palestine’s affiliation will be accomplished in this coming...

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Symposium:4/5 “Comfort women” issues and Japanese media and society...

Secretary General Ms. ITO will participate  in the event. Since the release of inspecting article “thinking about comfort women’s issue” last August, critics have developed the several arguments...

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Cambodia: Labour Exploitation in the Garment Industry -Responsibilities of...

Cambodia: Labour Exploitation in the Garment Industry -Responsibilities of the Cambodian Government and International Brand Companies Human Rights Now (HRN), a Tokyo-based international human rights...

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Lecture: Presentation from HRN False Accusation in China – Inner Mongolia...

Lecture Presentation from HRN False Accusation in China~ Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Introduction of HU GE JI LE TU Case and Its Future Vision~ Speaker: Lawyer ZHENYU WANG from Impact Law Firm in...

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May 21st (Thursday): Beyond Ruggie Principle – Business and Human Rights Seminar

Continuing from “Corporate social responsibility and Human Rights seminar” held last year, Human Rights Now will held “Business and Human Rights Seminar- Berond Lagyy principle” starting on May 21st...

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Human Rights Now has submitted written statements to 29th session of Human...

Human Rights Now has submitted our written statements to the 29th session of Human Rights Council starting from 15th of June in Geneva. This time, we have produced the following four statements;...

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[Statement] Demanding a thorough revision of “the Draft Law on Associations...

Human Rights Now June 20th, 2015 Statement demanding a thorough revision of “the Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)” in Cambodia HRN LANGO Statement 20150620 The...

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HRN has read oral statements for 29th UN Human Rights Council

Human Rights Now, a Tokyo based international human rights NGO in special consultative status with the ECOSOC, has read the following oral statements at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council....

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[Joint Statement] Demanding a thorough revision of “the Draft Law on...

Human Rights Now published a joint statement “Demanding a thorough revision of ‘the Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO)’ in Cambodia” on June 25th, 2015, with other...

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United Nations experts and human rights experts from TPP countries issued the...

United Nations experts and human rights experts from TPP countries issued the strong warning about the current TPP negotiations    Ten United Nations experts have issued a statement expressing concern...

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[Gaza]Human Rights Now welcomes the recommendations made by the Commission of...

Statement Gaza 20150630 English [PDF] Gaza: Human Rights Now welcomes the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry and calls on the ICC prosecutor to immediately start criminal investigations...

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