Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance,Refugees
Response to the Joint Communication from seven UN Special Rapporteurs from the Government of Japan concerning ALPS treated water at the TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
March 15, 2021
- On January 13, Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a joint communication from seven UN Special Rapporteurs concerning the situation on the handling of the ALPS treated water at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings’ Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) (English (PDF)
/ Japanese (provisional translation) (PDF) ) through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). - On March 11, the Government of Japan (GoJ) submitted its response (English (PDF) / Japanese (provisional translation) (PDF) ) to the joint communication to the UN Special Rapporteurs via the OHCHR.
- The GoJ continues to explain the situation on the handling of the ALPS treated water to the international community, in a transparent and courteous manner.
- (Reference) ALPS treated water
- Water treated through multiple treatment facilities including ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System)
- [note] 7 UN Special Rapporteurs:
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- Mr. Marcos A. Orellana, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
- Mr. David R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
- Mr. Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Mr. Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- [note] Who are the UN Special Rapporteurs?
- The Special Rapporteurs are independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council and serve in their personal capacities in order to make research and report on specific human rights situations in a country or on specific themes relating to human rights. The view of the Special Rapporteurs is not an official opinion of the United Nations nor its inter-governmental body, the Human Rights Council.