日本弁護士連合会：News Release

2018/10/02	Symposium　Why is it necessary to ratify the Optional Protocol to Eliminate Discrimination against Women?　～We think with Ms.Patricia Schulz (Chair of Working Group on Communications of CEDAW)～
2018/09/05	2018 ESG Seminar Series II　Conversations with lawyers from the International Bar Association (IBA) and former Japanese general counsel“Global trends of Business & Human Rights and the role of lawyers and in-house counsel in Japan”
2018/08/23	Guide on ESG-related Risk Management - for Coordinated Efforts and Dialogue among Companies, Investors, and Financial Institutions (Summary)
2018/07/26	Statement Strongly Protesting Today’s Executions and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium and the Abolition of the Death Penalty by 2020
2018/07/06	Statement Strongly Protesting Today’s Executions and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium and the Abolition of the Death Penalty by 2020
2018/06/15	Opinion Calling for the Formulation of a Basic Energy Plan Consistent with the Paris Agreement (Summary)
2018/06/13	Statement on the Enactment of the Act to Partially Amend the Civil Code to Lower the Age of Adulthood
2018/04/13	Opinion Calling for the Establishment by Law of the Right to Have Counsel Present in Interrogations (Summary)
2018/03/29	Request to Suspend Executions
2018/02/14	JFBA Opinion concerning the Japanese Government’s Comments on the Draft General Comment No.36 on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

2017/12/21	Statement on the Performance of the Verification of the Identity of the client by Attorneys, etc.
2017/12/19	Statement Strongly Protesting Against an Execution and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium and the Abolition of the Death Penalty by 2020
2017/12/14	Statement on the Special Appeal by Prosecutors in the Matsubase Case
2017/12/13	Statement on the Temporary Injunction Ruling Regarding the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant by the Hiroshima High Court
2017/12/08	Comment on the JFBA’s Adoption of a New Special Measure to Promote Gender Equality (Women Quota System for Vice President Positions)
2017/12/06	Guidance for Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Re: New regulations on ABS & Office Name of Geikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi
2017/11/29	Request to Achieve the Abolishment of the Death Penalty System Before the Next UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Due to be Held in Japan in 2020
2017/11/15	Statement regarding the UPR of Japan by the United Nations Human Rights Council
2017/10/06	Resolution Concerning Judicial Responsibility for the Hansen’s Disease Isolated Court (Summary)
	Resolution Calling for the Conservation of Biodiversity and the Realization of Sustainable and Autonomous Local Communities (Summary)
	Resolution Calling for Enhancing Guarantee of the Right to Privacy and the Right to Know, and the Promotion of Information Disclosure to Realize a Democratic Society that Secures Respect for the Individual (Summary)
2017/09/22	Symposium “Towards Formulation of National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights “
2017/09/04	White Paper on Attorneys 2016
2017/08/24	Opinion Concerning the Mandatory Appointment of Outside Directors
2017/02/17	Opinion Opposing the Submission of the Bill to Criminalize Conspiracy to the Diet
	Opinion Opposing the Introduction of the Provision Regarding National Emergencies into the Constitution of Japan
	Opinion Concerning the Review of the Act for Implementation of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
2017/02/16	Opinion Calling for the Enhancement of the Functions of International Arbitration in Japan
2017/02/16	Opinion Concerning the Improvement of the Legal System of Japan to Implement the Paris Agreement
2017/01/19	Opinion Concerning Police Investigation Using GPS-Tracking Devices for Searching Individuals' Locations

2016/09/15	Opinion Calling for the Japanese Government to Formulate a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
2016/09/15	Opinion Concerning the Legal Restrictions on Facial Recognition Systems
2016/08/18	Opinion Concerning the Concept of the Nuclear Damage Compensation System
2016/08/10	Statement on Acquittal in the Retrial of the Higashi-Sumiyoshi Case
2016/06/30	Statement on the Court’s Decision to Commence a Retrial of the Matsubase Case
2016/06/01	White Paper on Attorneys 2015
2016/03/01	The JFBA has developed a “MISSION STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS”

2015/12/09	Request for the Launch of a Nationwide Debate on Abolition of the Death Penalty System and Suspending Executions and Taking Immediate Measures to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice Leading to the Death Penalty
2015/07/16	Opinion Calling for Securing the Protection of Human Rights for Those Suffering from Intractable Diseases (Summary)
2015/06/26	White Paper on Attorneys 2014
2015/06/18	Opinion Concerning the Bills to Revise National Security Policies
2015/02/16	Ms. Yoko Hayashi (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) was appointed to serve as a chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
2015/01/01	JFBA Brief Note - Corporate Governance and Appointing More Female Attorneys as Outside Directors for Companies
2015/01/01	New Year’s Message (January 1, 2015)

2014/10/02	The 57th JFBA Convention on the Protection of Human Rights Held in Hakodate City, Hokkaido on October 2nd and 3rd, 2014
2014/07/30	President's message & JFBA Reception - The 2014 IBA Annual Conference in Tokyo
2014/06/11	Comprehensive Legal Support - Expert Review Meeting Submits its Report
2014/06/04	White Paper on Attorneys 2013
2014/04/11	The Revised Juvenile Act Passed and Enacted (April 11, 2014)
2014/04/01	President’s Message - as the Newly Elected President of the JFBA (April 1, 2014)
2014/03/01	Path Taken in the Three Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Nuclear Power Plant Accident
	Lawsuits Spreading Nationwide Claiming Compensation for Damage Caused by the Nuclear Power Plant Accident
	JFBA Brief Note - Increasing Internationalization of Family Affairs Cases - The Hague Convention to Come into Force on April 1, 2014
2014/02/21	Proposals on Refugee Status Recognition System and Status of Refugee Applicants in Japan
2014/01/01	New Year's Message
2014/01/01	JFBA Brief Note – The Future of the Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets (Towards a Full-scale Review of the Act)

2013/12/06	Statement Protesting the Railroading through the Special Secrets Bill
2013/10/25	Statement Concerning the Approval of the Cabinet Meeting Regarding the Bill on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets
2013/09/06	The Third Japan-Korea Bar Leaders Conference Held in Gyeongju, Korea (September 6 - 8, 2013)
2013/08/01	The Launch of a JFBA Comprehensive Center for Continuing Legal Education
2013/07/12	Three-Bar Meeting; CCBE, ACLA and JFBA held in Athens on July 12-13
2013/07/01	The Japan Federation of Lawyers Cooperatives launches “Business operations for issuing written bail guarantees for the accused in criminal cases” - Operations are scheduled to launch in line with the preparation of administrative work by each cooperative
2013/07/01	From Front Line of Supporting Foreigners - A Visit to Tokyo Public Law Office Mita Branch
2013/06/10	POLA (The Conference of the Presidents of Law Associations in Asia) held in Tokyo on June 10-12, 2013 - More Powerful Linkage of Lawyers in Our Region
2013/04/01	JFBA Brief Note - Visit to India and Thailand to Research Legal Systems
2013/03/27	Special Lecture by Judge Owada of the International Court of Justice on March 27, 2013, in Tokyo
2013/02/01	Follow-up on Warnings, Recommendations and Requests in Relation to Human Rights Redress Made by the JFBA
2013/01/01	New Year's Message