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\u201c<\/span>If there is anything the nuclear industry learned from Chernobyl,<\/span>\u00a0it\u2019<\/span>s that a large exclusion zone is bad for business. It\u2019<\/span>s a constant reminder that a nuclear disaster is irreversible,<\/span>\u00a0and it\u2019<\/span>s women and children who are bearing the brunt,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0said Kendra Ulrich,<\/span>\u00a0Senior Global Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Japan.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Cutting off housing support for self-evacuees threatens more than 10,<\/span>000 households,<\/span>\u00a0potentially forcing many people back to contaminated areas against their will. Compensation payments will end in a year for people from areas where the evacuation order is being lifted,<\/span>\u00a0even though radiation levels far exceed the long-term targets in many areas. This amounts to economic coercion and is a deliberate violation of the law and survivors\u2019<\/span>\u00a0human rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Released a day before International Women\u2019<\/span>s Day,<\/span>Greenpeace Japan\u2019<\/span>s report reveals the greater impact on women and children due to both social disadvantages and increased risks to radiation exposure.\u00a0[<\/span>1]<\/span>\u00a0Greenpeace Japan,<\/span>\u00a0Human Rights Now and Fukushima survivor Noriko Matsumoto are calling on the Abe government to comply with Japanese law and address some of the most serious violations.<\/p>\n A recent Greenpeace Japan led survey team found radiation dose rates at houses in the village of Iitate well above long-term government targets,<\/span>\u00a0with annual and lifetime exposure levels posing a long-term risk to citizens who may return. At some homes in Iitate,<\/span>\u00a0the dose of radiation is equivalent to one chest X-ray every week. Only 24 percent of the total area of Iitate has been\u00a0\u2018<\/span>decontaminated\u2019,<\/span>\u00a0despite a government website\u00a0[<\/span>2]<\/span>\u00a0stating that 100% of the decontamination in Iitate is completed.<\/p>\n Evacuation orders will be lifted in many areas of Iitate no later than 31 March 2017,<\/span>\u00a0to be followed one year later by the termination of compensation payments.\u00a0[<\/span>3]<\/span>\u00a0In 2013,<\/span>\u00a0the UN Special Rapporteur Anand Grover called on the Japanese government to rectify numerous issues that violated this fundamental right for Fukushima survivors.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Japan is obligated under multiple human rights treaties to uphold citizens\u2019<\/span>\u00a0right to health. Instead of acting on the UN\u2019<\/span>s recommendations,<\/span>\u00a0the government has instead enshrined the violation of human rights into formal policy,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0said Kazuko Ito,<\/span>\u00a0Secretary General of Human Rights Now.<\/p>\n The resettlement policy contravenes the\u00a0\u2018<\/span>Nuclear Disaster Victims Support Act\u2019<\/span>\u00a0of June 2012 which defines the government\u2019<\/span>s responsibilities to nuclear survivors. Multiple human rights treaties that Japan is party to also obligate it to uphold citizens\u2019<\/span>\u00a0rights to\u00a0\u201c<\/span>the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health\u201d,<\/span>\u00a0which includes the right to information and the right to make informed choices regarding their health.<\/p>\n Greenpeace Japan and several Japanese civil society organisations\u00a0(<\/span>Human Rights Now,<\/span>\u00a0Friends of the Earth Japan,<\/span>\u00a0and Green Action Japan),<\/span>\u00a0recently sent a letter to the UN Human Rights Council\u00a0(<\/span>UNHRC)<\/span>Special Rapporteurs asking that they assess the ongoing human rights issues faced by nuclear survivors.\u00a0[<\/span>4]<\/span>\u00a0Greenpeace will also be submitting comments to the UNHRC as a part of the current Universal Periodic Review of Japan on the plight of Fukushima evacuees.<\/p>\n Notes to editors: Photos & Videos:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\/collection\/27MZIFJJGPHUY<\/a> Media contacts:<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tokyo, 7 March 2017 \u2013 Japan\u2019s policy to resettle residents to heavily contaminated areas in Fukushima is in contravention of Japanese law and multiple international human rights treaties. 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\n<\/strong>[1]\u00a0Unequal Impact: Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Human Rights Violations and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
\n<\/a>[2] Of the 23,013 hectares in Iitate, 5,600 hectares have been decontaminated, much of it ineffectively \u2013\u00a0MOE: Environmental Remediation \u2013 Decontamination
\n<\/a>[3]\u00a0No return to Normal: Feb. 2017 \u2013 Greenpeace Iitate Case Studies
\n<\/a>[4]\u00a0Joint NGO Letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n
\nInternational Greenpeace Petition for Survivors\u2019 Rights:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/6288\/petition\/1<\/a><\/p>\n
\nKendra Ulrich, Senior Global Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace Japan\u00a0kendra.ulrich@greenpeace.org, phone<\/a>: +81 90 6478 5408
\nChisato Jono, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Japan,\u00a0chisato.jono@greenpeace.org<\/a>, phone +81 80 6558 4446
\nGreenpeace International Press Desk,\u00a0pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org, phone: +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)<\/p>\n