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Japan: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Japan (Commentary)
Human Rights Watch – November 14, 2017
Human Rights Watch writes in advance of the 79th pre-sessional working group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Japan’s compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This submission focuses on children in alternative care; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights and sex education in schools; and the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict, and relates to Articles 2, 19, 20, 24, 28, 29, and 38 of the CRC. It proposes issues and questions that Committee members may wish to raise with the government.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/14/submission-united-nations-committee-rights-child-concerning-japan