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dagon
Qatar and Japan. Low rates of violent street crime, judicial systems with semi-medieval qualities.
A country where white-collar crime is endemic at the highest levels and petty theft is met with heavy sentences of imprisonment leaves many in society left behind.
Classically unintentionally ironic fluff from Suga.
moonbloom
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told the opening session that Japan would "play a leading role" in the implementation of the declaration and "spare no effort to achieve inclusive, safe and secure societies with no one left behind."
Said the leader of the LDP.
Muhammad Nurul Islam
Prevention of crimes by the various agencies of a high breed government against citizens should also come under consideration by the learned discussants.
Pukey2
Yes, indeed, how ironic that Suga is there.
If this were any other country, you wouldn't need to stress the fact that she spoke in English.
dan
@snowymthell
He means is that the elite corrupt politicians and such like that also commit crimes ( a lot of fraud and bribery etc) should also be 'policed'.
Wolfpack
This should start with the rampant corruption in the U.N. itself. Bribery, graft, fraud, cover ups for rape, and other criminal activities have been endemic in the U.N. for 70 years.
JJ W
"First off it's not appropriate to suggest that China should have a standard of human rights to the preferences of other cultures and/or different races. That's multi-culturalism 101.
"First off it's not appropriate to suggest that the Taliban should have a standard of gender equality to the preferences of other cultures and/or different races. That's multi-culturalism 101."
You can see how easily this cultural relativist logic becomes a double-edged sword. Some concepts like justice, freedom of speech and individual rights are universally understood concepts that transcend culture. Especially if you're a country historically known for importing and adapting foreign cultures, it's a bit dishonest to pick and choose to only emulate foreign technology and economic institutions (the "good parts") while claiming that being pressured to conform to internationally agreed upon legal and social norms is somehow culturally imperialist.
Pizza Gaijin
@Katsukyun
No, Japan has not the right to do what it wants, simply because Japan is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Japan signed the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 2014. Signed about seven years ago, but child abduction by the Japan government is still tolerated.
If a country signs an international convention it is expected that the agreement will be observed.
snowymountainhell
No offense intended @*MuhammadNural 6:55p ”...crimes by the various agencies of a high breed government against citizens should also come under consideration....*
Thank you @dan: “*He means that ‘... elite corrupt politicians also commit crimes (fraud, bribery, etc) should also be 'policed'.”*
Agreed. Much respect.
snowymountainhell
Agree with all the posts until about @5:20p. Hereon, agreement will be scattered because the ‘flag waiving” will begin with comments like: Special...., islands...., 3dr largest economy in the world, ...first of G7 countries to vaccinate,...
Sven Asai
Yes, and it will soon close after, also in Kyoto.
bokuda
they are having this convention whilst interrogating 2 Americans for a volunteer confession.
snowymountainhell
Perhaps there is an issue with the translation for @6:55pm? Who or, what is a ‘high breed’ (pedigree?) government? ‘Prevention of crimes...against (?) citizens?
bokuda
@Wolfpack
then this convention is a farce, isn't it? you should probably not go.
i think that UN is doing an excellent job voicing the injustices in china, japan, russia, north korea and so many others.... it's sad that their only power is the power of word.
Velius
Would have been interesting to see which countries aren’t attending. Probably those that do not want to conform to international rules of law. China, among others I’m sure.
Katsukyun
@letsberealistic: But World War II is long over, and modern Japanese have nothing to do with it. And the West is destroying the world now.
Katsukyun
Japan is a good place. Japan is a leader in crime prevention. According to research, Japan has the lowest recidivism rate. The crime rate is also one of the lowest in the world. Other countries should follow the example of Japan. In Germany, for example, the Japanese commit the fewest sexual crimes out of 100,000 citizens of their origin.