日常生活では、どんな店屋の主人でもしごくあたりまえに、ある人が自分がこうだと称する人柄と、その人が実際にどういう人であるのかということを区別することぐらいはできるのに、わが歴史記述ときては、まだこんなありふれた認識にさえも達していないのである。それは、あらゆる時代を、その時代が自分自身について語り、思い描いた言葉どおりに信じ込んでいるのである。 『ドイツ・イデオロギー』
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■ 国連人権理事会08年レビュー 関連リンク 
- 審議の動画、各国の応答 : http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=080509#pm
- 国連で官僚答弁しても無駄です @Stiffmuscleの日記 -> 日本代表団による答弁の書き起こしがあります。
- 傍聴していた方による報告: ジュネーブ・国連人権理事会の報告(海渡雄一さん) @保坂展人のどこどこ日記
- 海渡雄一弁護士の現地レポート
- 国連人権理事会日本審査：死刑、「慰安婦」問題など指摘＠アジア女性資料センター
- 日本政府による報告書（ディフェンスですな）はこちらのリストからどうぞ(和文は外務省のこちらのPDF)。08年4月18日付の文書、番号A/HRC/WG.6/2/JPN/1です。他にもこちらから。
理事会による08年5月9日付のプレスリリース
…はこちら。
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/Highlights9May2008pm.aspx
抜粋。
Universal Periodic Review
Second session meeting highlights
9 May 2008 (afternoon)
The Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group reviewed the fulfillment of human rights obligations by Japan this morning, during which 42 Council members and observers raised a number of issues pertaining to the human rights situation in the country.
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Issues and questions raised by the Working Group, comprised of the 47 members of the Council, and Observers participating in the interactive discussion related to measures put in place to address the demand factor in cases of trafficking of human beings, especially women for commercial sexual exploitation purposes; efforts to respond to the recommendations of the international community and various human rights institutions with regard to Japan’s military sexual slavery practices during the Second World War; steps to address the issue of entertainment visas provided to women as expressed by CEDAW and the issue of violence against women and girls; concrete steps the Government’s Gender Equality Bureau was taking in order to promote non-discrimination and a gender-free society; the main steps taken in the promotion and fulfillment of the rights of the child and women; efforts to alert the number of child prostitution, child pornography, and acts including children using Internet dating services; and the intention of Japan to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to eliminate any discrimination against children born out of wedlock.
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Other recommendations included: To take concrete measures to address the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery and other violations committed in the past in other countries, including in Korea; to take measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against Koreans; to implement the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur on racism and racial discrimination; to take measures to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; to repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against women and to sign the Optional Protocol to CEDAW; to raise the age of marriage consent to 18 for both men and women; to adapt national legislation and put it in line with the principles of equality and non-discrimination; to consider establishing a legislation defining and prohibiting discrimination in all forms; and to offer a definition of discrimination in its criminal law.
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Members States taking the floor during the interactive discussion were the Philippines, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Malaysia, China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Egypt, France, Slovenia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Guatemala, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Italy, the Russian Federation, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Romania, Pakistan and Peru.
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The 17-person delegation of Japan consisted of representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the National Policy Agency, the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
