Download here: Letter to Japan re Fukushima Workers
Joint Letter of Allegation to the Government of Japan regarding information received concerning issues faced by workers employed in the ongoing decontamination and resettlement program in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan, more particularly, the existing and potential risks to which they are exposed to, inconsistencies in the monitoring and implementation of guidelines aimed at protecting their security and required working conditions, reported consistent violations of their labour rights and their right to physical and mental health, including unsatisfactory levels of health and security safeguards in place.
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A related communication, concerning the decision of Japanese authorities to lift, by March 2017, evacuation orders relating to areas in Fukushima where radiation levels allegedly remained high, was transmitted to the Government of Japan by several UN Special Rapporteurs on 20 March 2017 (case no. JPN 2/2017).