UPR28: Joint civil society submissions on human rights in Japan and Sri Lanka
April 6, 2017
For the 28th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), IMADR prepared civil society submissions with national and international partners on the human rights issues in Japan and Sri Lanka. Reports can be downloaded below.
Single submission:
Joint submissions:
- Human Rights Situation in Japan: With specific focus on human rights in Okinawa
- Human Rights Situation in Japan: with specific focus on the right to self-determination of indigenous people of Ryukyu/Okinawa
- Discrimination against minority children in Japan in the provision of educational opportunities – focusing on children attending Korean schools
in Japan - Joint Civil Society Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (Sri Lanka)
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