Japan
International Human Rights and Refugee Law Norms Disregarded in Regressive Japanese Judgement
London, 12 November 2010
On 29 October 2010, The Tokyo District Court, 38th Civil Division upheld the decisions of the Japanese Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Immigration Bureau to refuse the granting of refugee status to 18 Rohingya applicants and to issue them with deportation orders to Burma. The Court revoked the decisions of the Japanese Ministry of Justice and the Japanese Immigration Bureau with regard to two other Rohingya applicants. This is the first case the Equal Rights Trust has come across, of a court of law in a democratic country ordering the deportation of Rohingya to Burma.
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding Observations on the Second Periodic Report of Japan
This is the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concluding observations on the second periodic Report of Japan.
ERT Case Summary: Case to seek for nullification of election (2003 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 24)
This is the ERT case summary of the Supreme Court of Japan decision in the Case to seek for nullification of election (2003 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 24).
ERT Case Summary: Case to seek declaration of status (2004 (Ju) No. 1968)
This is the ERT case summary of the Supreme Court of Japan decision in the Case to seek declaration of status (2004 (Ju) No. 1968).
ERT Case Summary: Case to seek declaration of eligibility to become a candidate for an examination for selecting management level employees (1998 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 93)
This is the ERT case summary of the Supreme Court of Japan decision in the Case to seek declaration of eligibility to become a candidate for an examination for selecting management level employees (1998 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 93).
ERT Case Summary: Decision on the share in the inheritance of an illegitimate child (1991(Ku) No.143)
This is the ERT case summary of the Supreme Court of Japan decision in the case of the Decision on the share in the inheritance of an illegitimate child (1991(Ku) No.143).
ERT Case Summary: Case to seek rescission of the ruling of non-payment of disability basic pension (2005 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 246)
This is the ERT case summary of the Supreme Court of Japan decision in the case of Case to seek rescission of the ruling of non-payment of disability basic pension (2005 (Gyo-Tsu) No. 246).
