第36回普遍的・定期的レビュー（UPR）作業部会対モルディブ審査 前平知慶書記官ステートメント（2020年11月4日）
令和2年11月18日
Mr. MAEHIRA Tomoyoshi
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan
4 November 2020
Thank you, Madam President.
Japan warmly welcomes the delegation of Maldives to this session.
Japan highly appreciates the positive steps taken by Maldives to protect and promote the rights of women and children, including the Domestic Violence Prevention Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (State para.124) and the establishment of a Child Rights Protection Council (State para.148).
Japan would like to make two recommendations:
- ensure the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, including by allocating adequate resources for the implementation of the national strategy(UN para.50); and
- enact legislation explicitly prohibiting female genital mutilation and strengthen awareness-raising campaigns on the harmful effects of early marriage in order to further protect and promote human rights of women and children (UN para.53).
We wish the delegation of Maldives every success in the review.
I thank you, Madam, President.