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Okinawa: NGO Appeal to the United Nations and to US Military and Government over Base Matters, December 2015 and December 2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Hideki Yoshikawa  and
Gavan McCormack
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Okinawa: NGO Appeal to the United Nations and to US Military and Government over Base Matters, December 2015 and December 2016

1 Introduction, by Hideki Yoshikawa

2 Document 1. Okinawan Citizens' Groups, “Joint Submission to United Nations,” December 2015

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 24 , December 2016 , e5
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References

Notes

1 See here. For the official UN document: United Nations, Human Rights Council, Joint Submission, 11 December 2015 [15 February 2016]

2 IMADR. “Militarization and Human Rights Violations in Okinawa, Japan”, the islands' voice to UN Human Rights Council. September 9, 2015.

3 Under the warrant principle, a restriction of personal liberty has to be supported by a warrant from a court judge. This measure is confin to emergency situations.

4 IMADR, Human Rights Violations in Okinawa, Japan (HRC30, 2015, Joint-WS). September 17, 2015.

5 These numbers do not include incidents of which a number of victims is not clear. See the attached list “Violence detention and arrests in Henoko Okinawa in 2014-15”

6 As of 10 December 2015. See the attached list “Violence detention and arrests in Henoko Okinawa in 2014-15”

7 Lawyers group for lawsuit to cancel the approval of landfill in Henoko, Statement against Wrongful Detention in front of the Camp Schwab Gate by Riot Police of Okinawa Prefecture, 29 July 2015

8 Ibid.

9 Okinawa Bar Association, Presidential statement on security activities of Japan Coast Guard in Henoko, 11 March 2015

10 This act is based on the “Agreement under Article 6 of The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan”

11 The incident took place on 22 February 2015. Ryukyu Shimpo, Henoko protesters detained by US military.

12 Japan Federation of Bar Associations, “Declaration for the Establishment of Freedom of Expression. -To realize a Free ad Democratic Society-” November 6, 2009.

13 Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization (BPO), “Opinions concerning the program [Becoming a priest fraud] of NHK” November 6, 2015.

14 All incidents took place in Henoko (in front of the Camp Schwab Gate or in Oura Bay). The term “detention” includes the restraint of personal physical liberty by law enforcement officials.

15 For further discussion, in Japanese, of the IUCN and World Natural Heritage proceedings, see Yoshikawa Hideki, “Henoko, Takae, kankyo no arasoi,” Okinawa Times, 22 and 23 November 2016.