E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.2
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Annex
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS
OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED
INTOLERANCE, DOUDOU DIÈNE, ON HIS MISSION TO JAPAN
(3-11 July 2005)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ..............................................................................................
I.
II.
III.
Page
1-3
5
GENERAL BACKGROUND ........................................................
4 - 13
5
A. Ethnic and demographic situation ............................................
4
5
B. Historical and social context .....................................................
5-8
5
C. The legal system .......................................................................
9 - 11
6
D. The administrative structure .....................................................
12
7
E. Methodology .............................................................................
13
7
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES’ POLITICAL AND LEGAL
STRATEGY ...................................................................................
14 - 35
7
A. The Buraku people ....................................................................
15 - 21
7
B. The Ainu ...................................................................................
22 - 26
8
C. The people of Okinawa .............................................................
27
9
D. Koreans and other foreigners ....................................................
28 - 33
9
E. Anti-discrimination legislation .................................................
34 - 35
10
PRESENTATION OF THEIR SITUATION BY THE
COMMUNITIES CONCERNED ...................................................
36 - 68
11
A. The Buraku people ....................................................................
36 - 42
11
B. The Ainu ...................................................................................
43 - 50
12