Japanese people ignorant of human rights
Human Rights in 2018: A Global Advisor Survey© 2018 Ipsos
A survey on human rights awareness conducted by Ipsos in 2018 for 28 countries. We were surprised to find that Japanese people's "human rights awareness" was very low. However, looking back, I myself do not remember learning education in school about not only "human rights" but also the raison d'etre of the "Constitution", the "United Nations Declaration of Human Rights" and "Human Rights Covenants". Later, I noticed that "human rights" were explained by the Japanese Ministry of Justice as if they were "compassion" and that there was no indication that the obligation to protect people's human rights lies with the "state". It also became clear to me that all international treaties are considered to be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that the Ministry of Justice does not take any action when asked about treaty violations.
