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Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute aims at eliminating Buraku discrimination and all other forms of discrimination and establishing human rights in society through making researches in history, society, economy, legislation, culture, education and people's activities, and planning and implementing various educational programs, to contribute to an early solution of these human rights problems.



What's New

Guidelines for Application
9th “Yasuda Literacy Funds - Support for Literacy Activities” for the Year from April 2013 to March 2014 (application: by March 20, 2013)

Meeting commemorating 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Zenkoku Suiheisha was held in Kyoto

75th general meeting of the BLHRRI was held in Osaka

Guidelines for Application
8th “Yasuda Literacy Funds - Support for Literacy Activities” for the Year from April 2012 to March 2013 (application: by February 28, 2012)

Kick-off meeting of the Korea-Japan joint research project on guidelines on corporate responsibility for human rights in Seoul (October 29, 2011)

English translation of the guidelines on corporate responsibility for human rights

 

The Buraku Liberation Movement and Legislative Measures towards Elimination of Discrimination –The Japanese Experience

  1. Introduction

  2. Buraku Problem

  3. Buraku Overview
  4. The Progress of the Buraku Liberation Movement and Legal Improvements to Eliminate Discrimination – until the Second World War
  5. The Progress of the Buraku Liberation Movement and Legal improvements to Eliminate Discrimination – from the defeat to 1955
  6. The Progress of the Buraku Liberation Movement and Legal Improvements to Eliminate Discrimination – from 1956 to 1985
  7. The Progress of the Buraku Liberation Movement and Legal Improvements to Eliminate Discrimination – from 1985 to the present
  8. The Current Status of Buraku Discrimination
  9. Future Challenges in the Elimination of Buraku Discrimination and Establishment of Human Rights – Focusing on Improvement in Laws
  10. Conclusion

Buraku Liberation News 1st Quarterly, 2009 No.149

  1. NGO Side Event “Communities Empowered to Resist Discrimination and Exclusion”
  2. Discriminatory graffiti in shuttle bus "Eta-bus" on advertising signboard on a back
  3. Investigate and report the whereabouts of Discriminated-against Buraku, It comes to light in the real estate industry. The Osaka Prefectural Association confirmed to investigate the truth. To clarify discrimination against "Land"
  4. "Yo-tsu must die! Eta Eta" The continuous discrimination cases in Hashimoto City.

"Yasuda Literacy Funds"Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute's Support for Literacy Activities

Back numbers of Buraku Liberation News are now avaiable

The Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (BLHRRI) has uploaded the back numbers of Buraku Liberation News (No.1 to No.94) in PDF on this web site.

Reality of Buraku Discrimination in Japan History, Situation, Challenge