GENEVA / TOKYO (12 November 2012) –
United Nations Special
Rapporteur Anand Grover will visit Japan from 15 to 26 November 2012 to
assess issues related to the realization of the right to health in the
country within the context of Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.
“I will examine the interlinks between the right to health of the affected people and the actions taken in emergency response, recovery and mitigation following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents,”
Mr. Grover said, announcing the first mission to Japan by an independent expert charged by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor the implementation of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
“I express solidarity with the Japanese people, who faced the unprecedented triple-tragedy of the most powerful earthquake that ever to have hit the country, consequent tsunami and the nuclear accident”,
the Special Rapporteur stated, noting his intention to
“contribute to the nation’s collective reflection and post-recovery debate into the lessons learned from the disaster response and challenges ahead of the nation.”
“As a neutral party to that healthy debate, I will be listening to all stakeholders’ views and present my independent observations on what went well and what could be improved in the realization of the right to health of affected populations,”
the independent expert said.
Mr. Grover, who visits Japan at the invitation of the Government,
will travel beyond Tokyo to Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures and
meet with all stakeholders of the Japanese society,
including
Government officials,
medical practitioners,
experts,
civil society and
community representatives.
The UN Special Rapporteur
will share his preliminary conclusions on the visit at a press conference
on Monday, 26 November, at 13:00,
at Japan National Press Club, 9th floor Nippon Press Center Building,
2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
United Nations Press release
“I will examine the interlinks between the right to health of the affected people and the actions taken in emergency response, recovery and mitigation following the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accidents,”
Mr. Grover said, announcing the first mission to Japan by an independent expert charged by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor the implementation of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
“I express solidarity with the Japanese people, who faced the unprecedented triple-tragedy of the most powerful earthquake that ever to have hit the country, consequent tsunami and the nuclear accident”,
the Special Rapporteur stated, noting his intention to
“contribute to the nation’s collective reflection and post-recovery debate into the lessons learned from the disaster response and challenges ahead of the nation.”
“As a neutral party to that healthy debate, I will be listening to all stakeholders’ views and present my independent observations on what went well and what could be improved in the realization of the right to health of affected populations,”
the independent expert said.
Mr. Grover, who visits Japan at the invitation of the Government,
will travel beyond Tokyo to Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures and
meet with all stakeholders of the Japanese society,
including
Government officials,
medical practitioners,
experts,
civil society and
community representatives.
The UN Special Rapporteur
will share his preliminary conclusions on the visit at a press conference
on Monday, 26 November, at 13:00,
at Japan National Press Club, 9th floor Nippon Press Center Building,
2-2-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
United Nations Press release
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