The human rights awareness-raising activities are those aiming to disseminate and raise the concept of respect for human rights such as workshops, sharing information, and public relation activities, excluding human rights education.
The goal of such activities is that each individual should recognize correctly the importance of respect for human rights and take actions with deep consideration for other persons’ rights.
The human rights bodies of the Ministry of Justice set the Priority Goal of Awareness-Raising Activities each year, in consideration of social conditions and the trend of human rights violation cases, and have conducted human rights awareness-raising activities.
The human right bodies of the Ministry of Justice also set Priority Targets of Awareness-Raising Activities.
The Ministry of Justice holds a human rights workshop for national government officials.
The human rights bodies of the Ministry of Justice have conducted human rights awareness-raising activities using a variety of awareness-raising materials including posters, brochures and videos.
Based on the Act on the Promotion of Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology report human rights education and awareness-raising measures taken by all Ministries and Agencies to the Diet every year as the Measures for Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising.
The Act on the Promotion of Human Rights Education and Human Rights Awareness-Raising came into effect in 2000. Based on the Act, the Basic Plan on Human Rights Education and Awareness-Raising has been established.