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2025年12月10日 eventNuclear Weapons and the Rule of Law

2025年07月24日 statementsStatement Calling for Expediting Legal Reform Such as Expanding the Scope of the Audio and Video Recording of Interrogations to Their Entire Process and All Cases on the Occasion of the Release of a Report by the Council on Criminal Procedures Concerning the Amended Code of Criminal Procedure

2025年07月22日 statementsStatement Opposing the Government’s "Zero Illegal Foreign Residents Plan for the Safety and Security of People in Japan" That Goes Against International Human Rights Law

2025年07月18日 statementsStatement on the Judgment of Acquittal in the Retrial of the Fukui Female Junior High School Student Murder Case

2025年07月15日 eventGJB Seminar - Advice for those who wish to be GJB (using recent applications as examples)

2025年06月27日 statementsStatement Strongly Protesting Today’s Execution and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium on All Executions and Achieving the Abolition of the Death Penalty System in Line with Global Trends

2025年06月20日 opinionpapersOpinion Calling for Legislating the Right to a Healthy Environment as a Human Right to Achieve a Sustainable Society

2025年06月13日 statementsResolution Aiming to Achieve a "World without Nuclear Weapons" on the Occasion of the 80th Remembrance of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2025年04月17日 opinionpapersOpinion Requesting Careful Deliberation and Other Considerations on the So-called Active Cyber Defense Bill

2025年04月01日 othersPresident’s Message

2025年03月27日 statementsStatement Calling for Upholding the Independence of the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law

2025年03月27日 statementsStatement Calling Once Again for the Adoption of Energy Policies Toward Denuclearization on the Occasion of the Approval of the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan

2025年03月18日 opinionpapersOpinion Concerning Detailed Matters and Measures to Realize Access to Remedy to be Included in Revised National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

2025年03月18日 opinionpapersOpinion Concerning the Amendment of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information

2025年03月10日 newsWhite Paper on Attorneys 2023

2025年03月10日 statementsStatement Calling to Include Comprehensive Sexuality Education that is Compliant with the International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education Upon the Revision of the National Curriculum Standard

2025年03月07日 statementsStatement Calling for Amending the Bill on the Digitalization of Criminal Proceedings to Protect and Realize People’s Right to Privacy and Defense

2025年03月03日 statementsComment Calling for Withdrawing Measures Against the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Such As Excluding the Committee from the UN Programs Designated by Japan to Receive Voluntary Contributions and Maintaining a Constructive Dialogue with the Committee

2025年02月19日 statementsStatement Calling to Guarantee Foreign Students an Equal Opportunity to Receive Education

2025年01月23日 opinionpapersOpinion Calling to Further Promote International Arbitration/Mediation in Japan

2025年01月23日 opinionpapersOpinion Opposing the Expansion of Arms Exports

2025年01月15日 statementsStatement Requesting Immediate Legislation of Same-sex Marriage Following the Judgments of the Tokyo High Court and the Fukuoka High Court

2024年12月25日 opinionpapersLetter of Request Seeking the Abolition of the Death Penalty System

2024年12月19日 opinionpapersGrand Design of Criminal Justice Reform for Preventing of Miscarriages of Justice (Enzai) 2024 Edition

2024年11月20日 statementsStatement Calling Once Again for Promoting the Guaranteeing of the Rights of the Child in Accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of World Children’s Day

2024年11月18日 statementsStatement on the Results of the Implementation of the Government’s Policy on Granting Special Residence Permits to Children of Deportation Evaders Born and Raised in Japan

2024年11月08日 eventJapan-Philippines Law Conference 2024 on Cross-Border Inheritance Practice between Japan and the Philippines

2024年11月07日 statementsComment Calling to Immediately Introduce a Discretional Separate-surname Retaining System Following Recommendations from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

2024年10月21日 statementsComment on Welcoming the Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Nihon Hidankyo

2024年10月09日 statementsComment on the Finalization of the Judgment of Acquittal in the Retrial of the Hakamada Case

2024年10月04日 statementsResolution to Achieve the Conservation of the Global Environment and the Sustainable Development of Local Communities by Choosing Renewable Energy as a Means to Protect Human Rights

2024年10月04日 statementsResolution Calling for the Enactment of the "Livelihood Security Act" to Achieve a Society Offering a Safe and Secure Living to All

2024年10月04日 statementsResolution Calling for the Cessation of Using Handcuffs and Waist Ropes on the Suspect and the Accused While Entering and Leaving the Courtroom in Criminal Trials

2024年09月20日 opinionpapersOpinion Calling for Promoting the Establishment of Local Consultation and Relief Institutions for Children and National Human Rights Institution for Children Independent from the Government to Secure the Rights of the Child Considering the Convention on the Rights of the Child

2024年07月03日 statementsStatement Calling to Fully Redress the Victims of Eugenic Surgeries and Amend the Act on Lump-sum Payments Following the Verdict by the Supreme Court

2024年06月24日 opinionpapersLetter of Request Seeking the Abolition of the Death Penalty System

2024年06月14日 statementsResolution Calling for Fundamentally Reforming the State of Interrogations and Achieving the Audio and Video Recording of the Entire Process of Interrogations in All Cases, as well as Establishing the Right to Have Defense Counsel Present at Interrogations

2024年04月25日 statementsComment on the Enactment of the Act Partially Amending the Comprehensive Legal Support Act Concerning the Establishment of the Attorney Assistance System for Crime Victims and Bereaved Families

2024年04月10日 statementsStatement Calling for the Immediate Legislation to Recognize Marriage between Parties of the Same Sex Following the Sapporo High Court’s Ruling

2024年03月21日 joint_statementsG7 Bars and Law Societies Statement on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

2024年03月14日 opinionpapersOpinion Calling for Making Changes to Protect People’s Privacy Regarding the Amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Other Related Acts, Including Introducing a System to Order the Provision of Digital Records

2024年03月07日 statementsStatement on the Ideal Form of the Technical Intern Training Program and the Specified Skilled Worker System, and the Government’s Policy to Allow the Revocation of the Residence Status of Permanent Residents

2024年02月15日 opinionpapersDeclaration to Promote Diversity & Inclusion at the JFBA

2024年01月18日 eventThe 101st Seminar on International Human Rights: Business and Human Rights in Conflict - Case studies of Russian invasion of Ukraine and corporate responses