Comment on “Statement of The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on ‘Effective Relief for Victims’ regarding the Sexual Assault of Johnny”[in Japanese]
On 4 August 2023, Professor Maiko Ichihara of the Graduate School of commented on the Asahi Shimbun article, ” Statement of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on ‘Effective Relief for Victims’ regarding the Sexual Assault of Johnny .” This article is about the UN Human Rights Council’s press conference at the Japan Press Club on the issue of sexual assault by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny ＆ Associates. Professor Ichihara commented that the following two points show some some hope. One is the fact that the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, on which the Japanese government has been focusing its efforts in recent years, conducted the investigation. The other is the fact that the two commissioners on this case are from Nigeria and Thailand, enabling them to express their concerns without being seen as the West pushing its will on human rights issues to Japan.
