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1951 Refugee Convention 1
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Effective protection 2
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Immigrants 9
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Indigenous persons 16
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Minorities 19
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Muslim 8
Nationality law 1
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Police 3
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Pre-trial detention 6
Prevention of discrimination 3
Prison or detention conditions 19
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Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
Protestant 4
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Re-entry 2
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Refugees 18
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Right to return 3
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Rights of non-citizens 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
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SGBV 32
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Security situation 2
Shinto 7
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Social group discrimination 19
Social group persecution 1
State protection 1
Stateless persons 2
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Terrorism 23
Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 41
Unification Church 2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 11
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Women's rights 28
Women-at-risk 15
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Japan: What are the rights of persons holding spouse visas/persons married to a national of Japan, especially if they are from China? Do they have the right to enter Japan? 22 February 2010 \| Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Document type: Query Responses
2009 Report on International Religious Freedom - Japan 26 October 2009 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 12, paragraph 1, of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography : initial reports of States parties due in 2007 : Japan 21 October 2009 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Chinese police assault Japanese news agency journalists 30 September 2009 \| Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists \| Document type: Country News
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention : Convention on the Rights of the Child : 3rd periodic report of States parties due in 2006 : Japan 25 September 2009 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict : initial reports of States parties due in 2006 : Japan 18 September 2009 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Hanging by a Thread: Mental Health and the Death Penalty in Japan 10 September 2009 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Pressure mounts as time is running out for justice for 'Comfort Women' 14 August 2009 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
More executions in Japan as other countries reject the death penalty 31 July 2009 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Death penalty: Japan gives the bad example! 29 July 2009 \| Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights \| Document type: Country News

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