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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 001701 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP CHRIS CHAN-DOWNER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON KTIP PHUM JA
SUBJECT: SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO JAPAN: 24 POINTS FOR 
COMBATING TIP 
 
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 ¶1. (U) At its 60th session the UN Commission on Human Rights 
appointed for a three year term a Special Rapporteur on 
Trafficking in Persons especially women and children. This 
Special Rapporteur is charged with taking action on 
violations committed against trafficked persons, as well as 
submitting an annual report to the commission.  In the 8th 
country to be visited since the establishment of the office, 
Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi Ezeilo came to Japan July 12-18 
to discuss Japan's efforts to date on combating TIP.  During 
her visit she met with Parliamentary Vice-Minister for 
Foreign Affairs Yasutoshi Nishimura, ministry officials, 
NGOs, and IO representatives. In a press conference at the 
end of her visit, she offered a number of issues of immediate 
concern and suggestions for how Japan can strengthen its TIP 
efforts.  These are listed as follows: 
 
TWELVE ISSUES OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN 
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¶2. (U) --1) The non-ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, 
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, and the 
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members 
of Their Families. 
--2) Lack of a comprehensive definition of trafficking in 
national legislation. 
--3) Unclear identification procedures for victims. 
--4) Trafficking largely being operated underground due to 
numerous factors. 
--5) Inadequate shelter and support for victims. 
--6) Abuses within the  trainee and technical intern program. 
--7) Lack of access by victims to redress and compensation 
though the judicial system. 
--8) Lack of coordination amongst agencies involved. 
--9) Human trafficking responses by the Japanese government 
and assistance to victims is focused solely on women and 
sexual exploitation. 
--10) Weak efforts to prevent trafficking. 
--11) Insufficient efforts to address child pornography, 
child prostitution, and "enjo-kosai" (compensated dating). 
--12) A high incidence of domestic violence against women and 
girls. 
 
 
TWELVE POINTS FOR IMPROVING THE FIGHT AGAINST TIP 
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¶3. (U) --1) Urgently ratify the UN Convention on 
Transnational Organized Crime and the Supplementary Protocol 
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons; the 
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of 
All Migrant Workers and Their Families; the Hague Convention 
on the Civil Aspect of International Child Abduction. 
Specific laws should also be considered to prevent the 
exploitation of foreign workers within the trainee program, 
and to provide full redress to victims of trafficking. 
--2) Establish a national rapporteur or coordination body 
solely responsible for coordinating and monitoring policies 
related to human trafficking. 
--3) Strengthen the law and labor inspections to deal with 
the problem of trafficking for labor exploitation. 
--4) Establish regional and specialized shelters with 24 hour 
multilingual hotline assistance specific to victims of 
trafficking. 
--5) Adopt innovative, holistic strategies for combating 
trafficking including free legal aid and the right to 
 
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compensation to enable victims to assume constructive roles 
in society. 
--6) Establish specialized training to provided the necessary 
skills to law enforcement officers in how to deal with 
victims of trafficking as well as traffickers. 
--7) Establish a clear identification procedure shared by all 
parties involved. 
--8) Compensation for victims under law with a special fund 
set up for that purpose. 
--9) Protect children under 18 years old from prostitution, 
pornography, and "enjo-kosai." 
--10) Intensify efforts to eliminate all forms of violence 
against women and girls, with perpetrators of violence 
brought to account. 
--11) Grant victims the right to work and earn a decent 
livelihood to help victims recover psychologically and feel 
socially integrated. 
--12) Improve the partnership between government and NGOs. 
 
¶4. (U) In conclusion, the Special Rapporteur stressed the 
need for a focus on the conditions under which private 
companies employ migrant workers because they are vulnerable 
to exploitation and trafficking not only under conditions of 
irregular migration, but also under conditions of legal 
migration as well.  Finally she added, there must be zero 
tolerance of child pornography. 
 
¶5. (SBU) COMMENT: The Special Rapporteur's comments track 
well with Embassy Tokyo and G/TIP suggestions to the 
Government of Japan on how to improve its anti-TIP 
performance. In regards to the "Twelve Issues of Immediate 
Concern," it is Embassy Tokyo's experience that the GOJ 
expresses disagreement with, or significant qualifications 
to, items 2,3,5,6,7,8,10 and 11. In regards to the "Twelve 
Points for Improving the Fight Against TIP," the GOJ 
expresses disagreement with, or significant qualifications 
to, items 2,3,4,6,7,9,10, and 12. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Although the Special Rapporteur did not discuss the 
significant steps Japan has taken to combat TIP, the report 
will help the U.S.-Japan dialogue on TIP issues by providing 
a set of third party observations. END COMMENT. 
ZUMWALT