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May 27, 2016

Dispatches: A Gift From Japan to Its Children

The groundbreaking amendment to the Child Welfare Act that the Japanese Diet passed today opens up the possibility of a future in which all children in Japan can live with families.

Children's Rights

May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Gift From Japan to Its Children

Kanae Doi
Japan Director
Children's Rights

May 27, 2016 Commentary

Revised Child Welfare Act: the principle of family-based care now guaranteed by the law

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: Huffington Post
Children's Rights

May 5, 2016 News Release

Japan: Bullied LGBT Students Unprotected

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May 5, 2016 Video

LGBT Students Bullied in Japan
May 1, 2014 Video

Japan: Children in Institutions Denied Family Life

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May 6, 2016 Interview

Interview: The Bullying of LGBT Kids in Japan’s Schools

Amy Braunschweiger
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April 1, 2016 Letter

HRW Allegation Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs
March 18, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Teacher Ignorance Lets LGBT Bullying Flourish

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan Joins Mercury Treaty – Now Act On It

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
December 7, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Japan’s Evolving Public Debate on LGBT Rights

Kanae Doi
Japan Director
November 18, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: UN Takes On LGBT Bullying in Asia

Kyle Knight
Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
November 2, 2015 Commentary

How Minamata Can Save Filipino Children

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
October 21, 2015 Letter

Letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
October 21, 2015 News Release

Japan: Raise Rights Concerns in Central Asia
September 22, 2015 Commentary

No ‘Paradise on Earth’: Why Japan Should Right a Historic Wrong

Kanae Doi
Japan Director

Published In: The Diplomat
June 24, 2015 Statements

Reply to the Question from Human Rights Watch regarding Human Rights Policies and Practices
June 24, 2015 Statements

Supplementary Response to Human Rights Watch Regarding Human Rights Practices

May 6, 2016

“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down”

LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools
May 1, 2014

Without Dreams

Children in Alternative Care in Japan
January 17, 2002

Recommendations to the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan

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June 20, 2016

World Refugee Day; Turkish border guards shoot asylum seekers dead; EU refugee policy & Turkey; refugees helping to nab war criminals; refugee team at Olympics; investigating civilians killed in Aleppo, Syria; sexual violence in Sudan; and the "deadliest year ever" for environmental activists.

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