第52回普遍的・定期的レビュー（UPR）作業部会対ラトビア共和国審査における金津尚志書記官ステートメント

  Thank you, Mr. Vice-President.

  Japan warmly welcomes the delegation of Latvia to this session.
 
 Japan appreciates the positive steps taken by Latvia to ensure women’s rights, including its adoption of national plans to prevent and combat violence against women and to promote equal rights and opportunities for women and men.
We also commend the measures taken by the government to promote the integration of national minorities and the preservation and development of minority cultural identity, including through the development of a Roma inclusion policy and support for cultural diversity.

  Japan would like to make two recommendations:
 

1. continue to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities, including by facilitating their access to employment; and

 

2. strengthen efforts to ensure equal access to economic, social and cultural rights without discrimination, particularly in the areas of employment, health, and education.

 
  We wish the delegation of Latvia every success in the review.

   I thank you.