[MOJ/MEXT] Publication of the 2022 White Paper on Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising
On May 6, 2023, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) published the Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising Measures in FY2022 (White Paper on Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising).
The White Paper is based on Article 8 of the Act to Promote Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising, which reports every year to the Diet the human rights education and awareness-raising measures taken by all Ministries and Agencies as “Measures for Human Rights Education and Awareness-raising.” It is prepared by the MOJ and the MEXT, which have joint jurisdiction over the Act with the cooperation of the relevant ministries and agencies.
The table of contents of the White Paper is as follows:
| Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Efforts to address human rights in general from a universal perspective Chapter 2: Efforts to address specific human rights issues 1. Women 2. Children 3. Older people 4. Persons with disabilities 5. Buraku discrimination (DOWA problem) 6. The Ainu people 7. Foreign Nationals 8. Infectious diseases 9. Leprosy patients, former patients, and their families 10.People released from prison after serving their sentences and their families 11. Crime victims and their families 12. Human rights violations on the Internet 13. Victims abducted by North Korean authorities 14. Human rights issues listed in the Emphasized Awareness-Raising Activities in FY2022 Chapter 3: Training for persons engaged in specific human rights-related occupations Chapter 4: Comprehensive and effective promotion system Special Feature: Public opinion survey on safeguarding human rights Reference: 1. Act on the Promotion of Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising 2. Basic Plan for Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising 3. Status of "human rights violation cases" in 2022 (summary) |
The contents of "4. Persons with disabilities" in "Chapter 2: Efforts to address human rights issues" are as follows:
(1) Awareness-raising and public relations to realize an inclusive society
(2) Awareness-raising activities aimed at eliminating prejudice and discrimination on the basis of disability
(3) Awareness-raising activities to rectify prejudice and discrimination against persons with psychosocial disabilities
(4) Enhancement of special needs education and promotion of education to deepen understanding of persons with disabilities
(5) Support for people with developmental disabilities
(6) Promotion of employment of persons with disabilities
(7) fforts to prevent abuse of persons with disabilities
(8) Efforts regarding the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Act
(9) Conclusion and dissemination of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(10) Appropriate responses to human rights infringement cases concerning the human rights of persons with disabilities.
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https://www.moj.go.jp/JINKEN/jinken04_00173.html
