The executive director / visiting professor Akira IGATA commented on Uyghur minority’s labpr issue on Al Jazeera.
Twelve large Japanese companies have announced the severing of business ties with a Chinese company that allegedly exploited the Uighur minority in forced labor camps in Xinjiang province. The boycott comes amid international pressure from the Chinese government against human rights dossiers led by Western countries, especially the United States and Britain.
بسبب إجبار أقلية الإيغور على العمل قسرا.. شركات يابانية تقاطع نظيراتها الصينية (Since the Uyghur minority was forced to work by force, Japanese companies boycott their Chinese counterparts.)
The executive director / visiting professor Akira IGATA commented on Japan benefitted Myanmar’s defence ministry on Reuters.com.
“This will have severe reputational implications for not just JOIN and JBIC, but for Japan as a country,”
“Japan is at risk for being perceived as a country that will continue doing business with human rights violators.”
Link here: Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar defence ministry
On March 12th, 2021, Akira Igata, Executive Director and Visiting Professor of the Center for Rule-making Strategies, Tama University, spoke at the 279th HSP Seminar “The Magnitsky Act to Control Human Rights Violations: Case Studies from Around the World” at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
[Speaker] Gen Nakatani, Shiori Yamao, Akira Igata
[Moderator] Jun Hori
The Magnitsky Act provides for the imposition of economic sanctions primarily against individuals involved in egregious human rights abuses and corruption.
The purpose of this event is to inform the public about the Magnitsky Act and how it is being used to stop massive human rights violations around the world and to stimulate discussions in Japan.
Some of the world’s most prominent experts in the debate leading up to the enactment of the Magnitsky Act gathered to discuss lessons learned from the use of the Magnitsky Act in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and to discuss the situation in Australia, Switzerland, and Japan, which are considering enacting the Magnitsky Act.
Click here to view this seminar information.
The video of the seminar can be found below (English subtitle available).
