December 6, 2022
The House of Councilors at its plenary session on December 5 adopted a resolution regarding the serious human rights situation in Xinjiang and other areas with majority votes, including the Japanese Communist Party.
The JCP, while voting for the resolution, did not become a co-sponsor on the grounds that the resolution failed to specify China as a human rights abuser.
The resolution points out that in recent years, the international community has expressed concern over serious human rights situations including religious freedom violations and forcible detentions in such places as Xinjiang, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, and Hong Kong. It calls on “the government of the country concerned” to provide a convincing explanation to the international community.
Prior to the plenary session, JCP Upper House member Nihi Sohei at the House Steering Committee meeting said that it is obvious that the Chinese government’s act of infringing on and restricting human rights goes against global human rights commitments which include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, and the Vienna Declaration.
He said that the resolution should specify this point and condemn the Chinese government’s serious human-rights abuses, and demanded that the Japanese government use diplomatic criticism in a calm manner based on international law and push the Chinese government to improve its human rights situation.
The House of Representatives in February adopted a similar resolution.
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> Lower House adopts resolution on human rights in China [February 2, 2022]
The JCP, while voting for the resolution, did not become a co-sponsor on the grounds that the resolution failed to specify China as a human rights abuser.
The resolution points out that in recent years, the international community has expressed concern over serious human rights situations including religious freedom violations and forcible detentions in such places as Xinjiang, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, and Hong Kong. It calls on “the government of the country concerned” to provide a convincing explanation to the international community.
Prior to the plenary session, JCP Upper House member Nihi Sohei at the House Steering Committee meeting said that it is obvious that the Chinese government’s act of infringing on and restricting human rights goes against global human rights commitments which include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, and the Vienna Declaration.
He said that the resolution should specify this point and condemn the Chinese government’s serious human-rights abuses, and demanded that the Japanese government use diplomatic criticism in a calm manner based on international law and push the Chinese government to improve its human rights situation.
The House of Representatives in February adopted a similar resolution.
Past related article:
> Lower House adopts resolution on human rights in China [February 2, 2022]
