Statements

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JFBA Public Statements

July/28/2010		Statement on the Executions
June/22/2010		Comment on the Mid-Term Report on the Establishment of a National Human Rights Institution Issued by the Ministry of Justice
June/16/2010		Statement by the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Being Concerned with the Arrest of a Defense Counsel of the ICTR and Urging His Immediate Realease
May/28/2010		61st JFBA General Meeting -Declaration Requesting Retention of the Allowance Payment System for Judicial Apprentices and Financial Support to Law School Students for Achieving the Justice for Citizens-
		61st JFBA General Meeting -Declaration Requesting Establishment of Human Rights Guarantee Systems and Implementation of International Human Rights Standards in Japan-
April/9/2010		Comment on Further Executions of Three Japanese Men by the Chinese Government
April/6/2010		Comment on the Execution of a Japanese Citizen and the Notice of Further Executions by the Chinese Government
April/2/2010		Statement on the Chinese Government's Notice of Execution of a Japanese Citizen
March/5/2010		Statement on Subject High Schools of the Free Tuition Bill
December/15/2009		Statement on Retrial of the Fukawa Case
November/6/2009		Declaration for Electronic Recording of Interrogations
		Declaration for Protecting Future Generations from the Danger of Global Warming
		Declaration for the Establishment of Freedom of Expression
		Declaration for Accelerating Activities for Protecting Human Rights Based on the “Declaration on Action for Human Rights 2009”
		Declaration for Realizing a Safe and Fair Society without Damage to Consumers
October/22/2009		Statement Re-Requesting Electronic Recording of Interrogations on Occasion of Retrial of Ashikaga Case
July/28/ 2009		Statement on the Executions
July/8/ 2009		Statement on the Enactment of the Revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Revised Residential Basic Book Act
June/23/2009		Statement on Retrial of Ashikaga Murder Case
June/4/2009		Comment on Release of Mr. Toshikazu Sugaya (Ashikaga Incident)
May/29/2009		Declaration Aiming at the Creation of a Safety Net to Guarantee Work and Life with Dignity -60th JFBA General Meeting-
		60th JFBA General Meeting -Declaration on Judicial Reforms- JFBA 60th Anniversary
May/7/2009		Statement on a Bill for Anti-Piracy Missions
		Statement on Bills to Revise the Act on Organ Transplantation
April/24/2009		Statement on a Bill to Revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and Other Related Acts to Strengthen Residential Control of Foreign Nationals
March/13/2009		Statement on the Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Incorporation of the Convention into Japanese Law
March/11/2009		Comment on Training for Iraqi Lawyers in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
January/29/2009		Statement on the Executions
December/5/2008		Comment on the Revision of the Nationality Law
October/31/2008		Statement on Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee
October/28/2008		Statement on the Executions
October/3/2008		Declaration Affirming the Current Meaning of the Right to Live Peacefully and Article 9 of the Constitution
		Declaration on Realizing the Right to Safe and High Quality Medical Treatment
		Resolution Requesting to Break the Chain of Poverty and Establish a Right for All People to Work and Live as Dignified Human Beings
September/11/2008		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
September/1/2008		Japan's 'Substitute Prison'Shocks the World Daiyo Kangoku and the UN Committee against Torture's Recommendations(Second revised edition)( PDF.3.2MB)
July/23/2008		Statement on Special Appeal Filed by Prosecutors of Fukawa Incident
July/14/2008		Statement on Decision to Retry Fukawa Incident
June/17/2008		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
June/13/2008		Comment on the Response of the Japanese Government to the UPR at the Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
June/4/2008		Statement on Supreme Court Ruling the Nationality Law Unconstitutional
May/30/2008		The 59th JFBA General Meeting-Resolution Calling for Full Implementation of International Human Rights Norms in Japan
May/9/2008		JFBA calls upon the Japanese Government to act to respond to the concerns expressed in the process of the Universal Periodic Review of Japan by the UN Human Rights Councily
April/10/2008		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
March/25/2008		Comments on the Decision by the Supreme Court on Retrial Case filed by Mr. Iwao HAKAMADA
March/6/2008		Statement by the President on the Hikinoguchi Case
February/1/2008		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
November/2/2007		Resolution Requesting the Public Attendant System for All Juvenile Cases
		Resolution Requesting Drastic Reform of Legal System on Cities Aiming for Sustainable Cities
		Declaration Seeking the Realization of a Free and Safe Society through the Guarantee of Human Rights
August/23/2007		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
May/25/2007		Statement on Enactment of the Revised Juvenile Law
		Resolution Aiming at Gender Equality in JFBA Adopted at the 58th JFBA General Meeting
		Resolution Requesting Electronic Recording of InterrogationsAdopted at the 58th JFBA General Meeting
May/14/2007		Statement on Enactment of a Law concerning Procedures to Amend the Constitution
April/27/2007		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
		Comments Marking Sixty Years of the Constitution of Japan
March/28/2007		Comments on Bill to Amend the Broadcast Law
March/13/2007		Comment Requesting Careful Deliberations on New System for Participation of Crime Victims in Criminal Trials
February/27/2007		Statement Welcoming Government's Policy towards Accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Requesting Active Contribution to ICC Activities
February/13/2007		Statement on Bill on Prevention of Transfer of Proceeds from Crimes
December/25/2006		Statement on Executions of Death Penalty
December/20/2006		Comments on New Fundamental Law of Education
December/13/2006		Statement on Fundamental Reform of the Money Lending Business System
December/8/2006		Statement on Suicide Due to Bullying
Octorber/6/2006		Resolution Requesting to Break the Chain of Poverty and to Realize Respectable Living for All People
		Resolution Requesting Establishment of Law to Protect Biodiversity
August /15/2006		Comment on Visit of Prime Minister to Yasukuni Shrine
June/20/2006		Statement for Immediate and Full Withdrawal of the Self-Defense Force Troops from Iraq
May/15/2006		Statement to Request Thorough Deliberations of a Bill to Revise the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
November/18/2005		President's Statement on the Imposition of a Legal Obligation on Japan's Lawyers to Report "Suspicious Transactions"
October/25/2005		Comment on Rulings on Compensation for Korean and Taiwanese Former Hansen's Patients
March/11/2005		Statement in Response to Final Report by Study Panel on Hansen's Disease
February/20/2003		Statement on New Development in Bodily/Mental Assaults Committed in Nagoya Prison
February/05/2003		Statement for a Peaceful Resolution to the Iraq Crisis
December/14/2002		Comment to Proposed Rule: Implementation of Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys (PDF)
June/21/2002		Resolution Calling for Japan's Proactive Involvement in the International Criminal Court
May/24/2002		Resolution Aiming at the Judicial Reform Integrating Gender Perspectives :Adopted at the 53rd JFBA General Meeting
February/20/2002		Statement on the Bill to Ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and Domestic Legislation
December/28/2001		Statement on Carrying Out the Death Penalty on Individuals Sentenced to Death
October/12/2001		Statement on the Japanese Government 's Draft Act on Special Measures against Terrorism
June/12/2001		Statement at the Official Announcement of the Final Opinion of the Justice System Reform Council