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Letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Regarding National LGBT Non-Discrimination Act


Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
1-6-1 Nagata-chō, Chiyoda-ku
 
Re: National Law Needed by 2020 Tokyo Olympics to Protect against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
 
Dear Prime Minister Suga,
The undersigned 116 organizations urge you, in advance of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, to introduce legislation that would protect people in Japan from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Olympic Charter expressly bans “discrimination of any kind” including on the grounds of sexual orientation as a “Fundamental Principle of Olympism.” Japan has also ratified core international human rights treaties that obligate the government to protect against discrimination, including the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. ....

Kita Ku , Tokyo To , Chiyoda Ku , Rainbow Toshima , Yoshihide Suga , Soraniji Himeji , Yokohamashi Hotaru , Machidashi Nijiiro , Rainbow Saitama , Nijiiro Kazoku , Rainbow Yamaguchi , Rainbow Kanazawa , Christel Takigawa , Rainbowport Himawari , Seino Tayouseito Kyouiku , Munakata Foundation , Japan Alliance , Kansai Tongzhi Association , Japan Women Shelter Network , Nonprofit Corporation Exotic , Japan Women Human Rights Network , Rainbow Knots , Japanese Association Of Sexual Health , International Lesbian , Action International , Council Ishikawa ,