国連第37回人権理事会3月23日閉会：peace 9 Oral statement 原稿

A/HRC/37/NGO/66
Oral statement
Written Statement for the 37thSession of the Human Rights Council
（February 26 to March 23）

Japanese Association for the Right to Freedom of Speech （JRFS）
NGO in Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC

Project　 peace 9

19 March 2018
Tsuneko KAKIUCHI

Article 9 of Japanese Constitution is a treasure for Japanese people
as well as for all the citizens of our planet.

The Japanese Association for the Right to　Freedom of Speech （JRFS） call on the international community to join us in the“Project Peace 9” aiming at spreading Article 9 all around the world to protect　Article 9 and build peace in Japan, Asia and the world.
We　call on you to press the Japanese Government to establish the rule of law by　ratifying the all the optional protocols regarding the individual complaints　mechanism for the human rights instruments that Japan has already ratified.
Please urge the Japanese Government to accept　all the recommendations from the third Universal Periodic Review （UPR） and　implement them jointly with the NGOs and citizens.
Japan was elected member of Human Rights Council in 2016 for the 4th　time and declared in January 2017 that it would ratify the individual　complaints mechanism as recommended by many countries at the second UPR.　However, the Abe Cabinet continues to refuse　the ratification of relevant optional protocols.　The ratification all these protocols on　individual complaints mechanism only takes the decision of the Cabinet, lifting　Japan’s reservation regarding the article 22 of Convention against　Torture.
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