{"id":6156,"date":"2010-03-11T00:07:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2010-03-11T00:07:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T15:07:42","slug":"just-heard-ngo-franca-and-i-will-be-meeting-with-un-special-rapporteur-jorge-bustamante-march-23-tokyo-anything-you-want-me-to-say-or-give-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6156","title":{"rendered":"Just heard: NGO FRANCA and I will be meeting with UN Special Rapporteur Jorge Bustamante March 23, Tokyo.  Anything you want me to say or give him?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER:  arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS now on iTunes, subscribe free<\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0Short entry for today. \u00a0I just heard yesterday from NGOs concerned with human rights in Japan that I will be part of a group meeting with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=33806&amp;Cr=migrant&amp;Cr1=\">Mr Jorge Bustamante, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants,<\/a> on March 23 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>I will have twenty minutes to make a presentation regarding exclusions of NJ in Japan in violation of UN CERD treaty.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything you&#8217;d like me to say? \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6000\">I already have some ideas here (see Chapter 2)<\/a>. \u00a0But I&#8217;m open to suggestions and feedback. \u00a0If there is anything you would like me to present him, please send me at debito@debito.org. \u00a0Please keep submissions concise, under 2 sides of A4 paper (meaning one sheet front and back) when formatted and printed.<\/p>\n<p>To give you some idea of format, I&#8217;ve given presentations to UN Rapporteurs before, particularly Dr Doudou Diene back in 2005 and 2006. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/rapporteur.html\">The archive on that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I will of course make the case that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6145\">the GOJ is being intransigent and unreflective of reality when asserts, again and again, that Japan does not need a law against racial discrimination<\/a>. \u00a0And in violation of its international treaty promises.<\/p>\n<p>The floor is open, everyone. \u00a0Thanks very much for your assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n<p>Chair, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\">NGO Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association (FRANCA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just heard yesterday from NGOs concerned with human rights in Japan that I will be part of a group meeting with Mr Jorge Bustamante, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, on March 23 in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>I will have twenty minutes to make a presentation regarding exclusions of NJ in Japan in violation of UN CERD treaty.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything you&#8217;d like me to say?  I already have some ideas here (see Chapter 2).  But I&#8217;m open to suggestions and feedback.  If there is anything you would like me to present him, please send me at debito@debito.org.  Please keep submissions concise, under 2 sides of A4 paper (meaning one sheet front and back) when formatted and  printed.<\/p>\n<p>To give you some idea of format, I&#8217;ve given presentations to UN Rapporteurs before, particularly Dr Doudou Diene back in 2005 and 2006.  The archive on that here.<\/p>\n<p>I will of course make the case that the GOJ is being intransigent and unreflective of reality when asserts, again and again, that Japan does not need a law against racial discrimination.  And in violation of its international treaty promises.<\/p>\n<p>The floor is open, everyone.  Thanks very much for your assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Arudou Debito, Chair, NGO Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association (FRANCA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,44,34,51,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-discussions","category-exclusionism","category-franca","category-speech-materials","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}