Open AccessHuman Rights of Prisoners in Japan
Author(s) -
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v29i1.6042
Subject(s) - dignity , human rights , project commissioning , perspective (graphical) , political science , state (computer science) , law , publishing , computer science , algorithm , artificial intelligence
In this article the author provides a practitioner perspective on the human rights of prisoners in Japan, with particular reference to the treatment of persons detained pending trial, and to seminal decisions of the Japanese courts in a civil claim against the State for violating the rights of a prisoner to the protection of their human dignity.