Last updated: September 27, 2024
The United Nations has designated December 10th as Human Rights Day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In Japan, December 4th to December 10th is designated as Human Rights Week, and various campaigns are held across the country to spread and raise the idea of respecting human rights.
The Ministry of Justice and the National Federation of Human Rights Defenders accept consultations regarding familiar human rights issues.
| consultation name | Consultation date | time | Consultation content phone number |
Contact Information |
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| Everyone's Human Rights Hotline 110 | Monday to Friday [Note] Excluding public holidays and New Year's holidays |
From 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Interviews or telephone consultations by Legal Affairs Bureau staff or Human Rights Commissioners (Human Rights Consultation Hotline) Phone: 0570-003-110 |
Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau Hachioji Branch Phone: 042-631-137 7 |
| Human rights consultation | Monday to Friday [Note] Excluding public holidays and New Year's holidays |
9:30am to 5:30pm | General consultation, LINE consultation, legal consultation, etc. Phone: 03-6722-0124 or 03-6722-0125 |
Tokyo Human Rights Plaza Counseling Office Phone: 03-6722-0124 or 03-6722-0125 |
| Night Human Rights Hotline | Monday, December 9 | From 5pm to 8pm | Telephone legal consultation by a lawyer (about 10 minutes, free) |
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| Human rights/personal counseling | 1st and 3rd Friday of every month | 1:30pm to 4:30pm | Interview by human rights protection committee (venue: Inagi City Hall) |
Civic collaboration section citizen counselor |
Inagi City General Affairs Department General Affairs Contract Division Phone: 042-378-2111