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On Feburary 8, 2008, a joint submission on the general situation of human rights in Japan by the Japan International Human Rights NGO Network and 51 organizations (one endorsed after submission), coordinated by IMADR Japan Committee, was made to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the second session of UPR.

Earlier, on November 20, 2007, a joint submission on caste-based discrimination in India was sent to the OHCHR, on behalf of IMADR, the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN), for the first session of the UPR scheduled in April 2008.

-Download the joint NGO submission on Japan (PDF55KB)

-Download the joint NGO submission on caste-based discrimination in India, including Annex 1 (List of references) and Annex 2 (Explanatory note on the situation of Dalits in India) (external links)

*The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a new review mechanism established by the Human Rights Council in Resolution 5/1 of June 18, 2007, under which it will review, on a regular basis, the fulfilment by all 192 UN Member States of their human rights obligations and commitments. See the relevant OHCHR webpage (external link) for details.