US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945

Roger Buckley is academic visitor NI at St Antony's, Oxford and teaches at ICU Tokyo. He is author of US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945 : Trafficking, Debates, Outcomes and Documents, two vols, (Renaissance Books - Amsterdam University Press, 2021), and War and Rumours of War : Japan, the West and Asia Pacific , 1918-1945 (ed and intro), Two Series. Series One: 1918-1937: From Armistice to North China, vols 1 - 6, (Renaissance Books & Eureka Press Kyoto, 2016). Series Two: 1937-1945 : From Manchuria to Tokyo Bay (Renaissance Books & Eureka Press Kyoto, 2017).

• VOLUME 1: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES, ASSESSMENTS: Chapter 1 Transformation: The Post-War Rise of Human Rights Chapter 2 Start-Up: Occupied Japan and the Allied Reforms Era Chapter 3 Leadership: The US and Anti-Trafficking Chapter 4 Catch-Up: Japan and Anti-Trafficking Chapter 5 Challenges: Current US Realities Chapter 6 Assessments: Trafficking to Mid-Century Postscript 108 PRIMARY SOURCES 1945–1995: 1. US Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, The Dept of State Bulletin, 23 September 1945 2. The Constitution of Japan, Promulgated on November 3, 1946 3. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10 December 1948 4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 3 January 1976 5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 23 March 1976 6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 3 September 1981 169 7. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2 September 1990, 8. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 18 December 1990 9. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 25 June 1993 10. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: the Fourth World Conference on Women, 15 September 1995 Bibliography, Index. VOLUME 2 : PRIMARY SOURCES 2000–2020: 11. President Clinton, Statement on Signing the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, 28 October 2000 12. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational, Organized Crime, UN General Assembly resolution 55/25 of 15 November 200013. The Yokohama Global Commitment 2001, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 14. Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2002 15. H.R. 2620: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, 26 June 2003 16. The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) and Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons (JNATIP), Recommendations from Japan based NGOs for Solidarity and Joint Action in Combating Trafficking in Women and Children, Hanoi, September 2004 17. UNDOC, Global Report on Trafficking in Person, February 2009 18. TIP Report: Ten Years of Partnering to Combat Modern Slavery, 4 June 2010 19. United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2010 20. Congressional Research Service, Trafficking in Persons: US Policy and Issues for Congress, 23 December 2010 21. UN Human Rights Council, Japan, National Report, measures to combat trafficking in persons, 6 August 2012 22. Japan’s 2014 Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 16 December 2014 23. Japan’s Human Rights Commitments and Pledges (Candidature for HRC membership 2017–2019), 15 July 2016 24. End of visit statement, United States of America (6–16 December 2016) by Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, UN Special Rapporteur in Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children 25. US Dept of State 2017 Trafficking in Persons report on USA: Tier 1 26. US Dept of State 2017 Trafficking in Persons report on Japan: Tier 2 27. US Dept of Justice, Key Legislation on Human Trafficking, 6 January 2017 28. Congressional Research Service, Human Trafficking: New Global Estimates of Forced Labor and Modern Slavery, October 18, 2017 29. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report, Tier Placements 30. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report on U.S.A, Tier 1 31. US Dept of State 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report on Japan, Tier 1 32. UN General Assembly Report by Special Rapporteur: Contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, 10 July 2018 33. UN Human Rights, Ratification Status for Japan 34. UN Human Rights, Ratification Status for United States of America 35. The Global Slavery Index 2018, Walk Free Foundation 36. President Donald Trump on Trafficking, 11 October 2018 37. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Tier Placements 38. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Country Report Japan, Tier1 39. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2019, Country Report USA, Tier 1 40. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Global Law Enforcement Data 41. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Tier Placements 42. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Country Report Japan, Tier2 43. US Dept of State, Trafficking in Persons Report June 2020, Country Report USA, Tier 1 44. US Dept of State, International Conventions Relevant to Combating Trafficking in Persons.