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Anti-Conspiracy Bill

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Cannataci. Cannataci responded in a second letter that "The 'strong protest' received from the Japanese government was just angry words but no substance ... It did not address even one of my many concerns about privacy or other defects. ... There is absolutely no justification for the Japanese government to behave in this way and push through seriously defective legislation in such a rush."
48:, expressing concerns about the bill. The United Nations Special Rapporteur is an individual, independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate, monitor, advise upon, and publicize the human rights situation in specific countries. Joseph Cannataci wrote that the bill, 93:
responded aggressively to the letter, saying, "The letter was released unilaterally without the Japanese government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs having had the opportunity to directly explain the legislation (to Cannataci). The content was inappropriate, and we lodged a strong protest" with
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Serious concern is expressed that the proposed bill, in its current form and in combination with other legislation, may affect the exercise of the right to privacy as well as other fundamental public freedoms given its potential broad application. In particular I am concerned by the risks of
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arbitrary application of this legislation given the vague definition of what would constitute the 'planning' and 'preparatory actions' and given the inclusion of an overbroad range of crimes in the Appendix which are apparently unrelated to terrorism and organized crime.
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Would permit the application of laws for crimes which appear to be totally unrelated with the scope of organized crime and terrorism, such as ... theft of forestry products in reserved forests ... exporting without permission and destroying important cultural
103: 106:. As for the theft of forest products, it has been suggested that it could be a potential source of funding for terrorism. Japan became the 188th country to become a party to the Convention. 125:"Statement on the Enactment of the Bill to Revise the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, including the Criminalization of Conspiracy" 233: 37: 24:), a bill intended to modify the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, was submitted to the Japanese 238: 248: 195: 228: 223: 153: 243: 124: 190: 41: 69: 154:"UN privacy expert shoots down Japan's complaints about 'anti-conspiracy' bill criticism" 90: 217: 45: 25: 32:
Letter from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
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United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
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At a press conference on May 22, the Chief Cabinet Secretary
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The reason this law was created was to implement the
148: 146: 59: 50: 28:on 21 March 2017 and passed on 15 June 2017. 8: 115: 131:. Japan Federation of Bar Associations 7: 129:Japan Federation of Bar Associations 36:In a letter dated 18 May 2017, the 14: 38:United Nations special rapporteur 1: 191:"社説 組織犯罪防止条約への加盟 共謀罪の懸念は依然残る" 234:Human rights abuses in Japan 265: 87: 55: 239:Conspiracy (criminal) 123:Nakamoto, Kazuhiro. 18:Anti-Conspiracy Bill 158:Mainichi newspaper 67:Joseph Cannataci, 249:Mass surveillance 179:日本の国会、対テロ共謀罪の法案可決 256: 208: 207: 205: 204: 187: 181: 176: 170: 169: 167: 165: 150: 141: 140: 138: 136: 120: 85: 84: 82: 80: 74: 42:right to privacy 264: 263: 259: 258: 257: 255: 254: 253: 214: 213: 212: 211: 202: 200: 189: 188: 184: 177: 173: 163: 161: 152: 151: 144: 134: 132: 122: 121: 117: 112: 100: 86: 78: 76: 72: 68: 66: 34: 12: 11: 5: 262: 260: 252: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 226: 216: 215: 210: 209: 182: 171: 142: 114: 113: 111: 108: 99: 96: 91:Yoshihide Suga 64: 33: 30: 16:The so-called 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 261: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 221: 219: 198: 197: 192: 186: 183: 180: 175: 172: 160:. 24 May 2017 159: 155: 149: 147: 143: 130: 126: 119: 116: 109: 107: 105: 97: 95: 92: 71: 63: 58: 54: 49: 47: 43: 39: 31: 29: 27: 26:National Diet 23: 22:kyōbōzai hōan 19: 229:Law of Japan 201:. Retrieved 199:. 2017-08-11 194: 185: 174: 162:. Retrieved 157: 133:. Retrieved 128: 118: 101: 88: 77:. Retrieved 60: 56: 51: 35: 21: 17: 15: 224:Law in Asia 135:20 November 53:properties. 244:Conspiracy 218:Categories 203:2020-07-03 110:References 98:Background 57:and that, 46:Shinzō Abe 65:—  164:19 June 79:19 June 40:on the 20:(共謀罪法案 73:(PDF) 196:毎日新聞 166:2017 137:2018 81:2017 220:: 193:. 156:. 145:^ 127:. 206:. 168:. 139:. 83:.

Index

National Diet
United Nations special rapporteur
right to privacy
Shinzō Abe
"Mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the right to privacy"
Yoshihide Suga
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
"Statement on the Enactment of the Bill to Revise the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, including the Criminalization of Conspiracy"


"UN privacy expert shoots down Japan's complaints about 'anti-conspiracy' bill criticism"
日本の国会、対テロ共謀罪の法案可決
"社説 組織犯罪防止条約への加盟 共謀罪の懸念は依然残る"
毎日新聞
Categories
Law in Asia
Law of Japan
Human rights abuses in Japan
Conspiracy (criminal)
Conspiracy
Mass surveillance

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