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<title><![CDATA[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]]></title>  
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2009 Report on International Religious Freedom - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: United States Department of State - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[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]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Document type: States Parties Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:59:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hanging by a Thread: Mental Health and the Death Penalty in Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protection of migrants : report of the Secretary-General]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN General Assembly - Document type: Country Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:26:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention : International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination : 3rd to 6th periodic reports due in 2007 : Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) - Document type: States Parties Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN expert calls on Japan to boost action in combating human trafficking]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN News Service - Document type: Country News</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pressure mounts as time is running out for justice for 'Comfort Women']]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:29:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Death penalty: Japan gives the bad example!]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights - Document type: Country News</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More executions in Japan as other countries reject the death penalty]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:42:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Japan commits to ending impunity for enforced disappearances]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country News</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2009 - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Minority Rights Group International - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:19:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Responses to the list of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of the 6th periodic report : Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - Document type: States Parties Reports</description>
<link>http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a657ab50.html</link> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:22:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freedom in the World 2009 - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Freedom House - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:19:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: United States Department of State - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:57:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amnesty International Report 2009 - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Country Reports on Terrorism 2008 - Japan]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: United States Department of State - Document type: Annual Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 09:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - Document type: Thematic Reports</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Death sentences and executions in 2008]]></title>  
<description>Publisher: Amnesty International - Document type: Country Reports</description>
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