Preface

General Comments

Article 2:
Domestic Implementation and Prohibition of Discrimination

• Ratification of Human Rights Instruments
• Rights of Foreigners/ Labor
• Rights of Foreigners/ Medical Care

Article 3:
Gender Equality

Article 6:
Death Penalty

Article 7:
Torture or Cruel Punishment

Article 8:
Slavery and Forced Labor

Article 9:
Liberty and Security of Person

• Rights of the Mentally Ill
• The Procedure of Arrest and Detention
• The Treatment at Immigration Detention Center

Article 10:
The Treatment of Those Who Are Deprived of Their Freedom And Criminal Defendants

Article 12:
Refugees

Article 14:
Right to Fair Trial

Article 17:
Privacy

• Protection of Private Information
• Wiretapping by State or Private Entities

Article 18:
The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion

Article 19:
Freedom of Opinion, Expression and Information

• The Current Status of Information Disclosure
• Freedom of Expression

Article 22:
Freedom of Association and Trade Unions

• Trade Unions
• "Aum" and Subversive Activities Prevention Act

Article 23:
Marriage and Family

• Amendment to the Divorce Law
• Optional Retention of Family Names for Spouses

Article 24:
Rights of the Child

Article 25:
Political Rights

• Suffrage of Permanent Residents with Foreign Nationalities
• Suffrage for Japanese Nationals Abroad
• Civil Servants and Nationality

Article 26:
Equality

• Children Born Out of Wedlock
• Military Pension for Former Colony Nationals

Article 27:
Protection of Minorities

• The Ainu People
• Rights of Minorities/ Koreans--Schooling System

• Authors and Editing Staff
• About JCLU
• JCLU Officers

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