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C. Detention Facilities
■ Human rights violated due to forced withdrawal of petition
The petitioner who is a prisoner filed a petition that he was forced to withdraw his petition and
make a false statement on an official document. On July 22, the Commission recommended the
Minister of Justice to take disciplinary actions against the petitionees and disseminate the case to
ensure that the rights of prisoners are not violated.
The Commission found that, after the petitioner's case was submitted to the relevant
subcommittee for review, the petitionees called and coaxed the petitioner, and interviewed him
several times to get the details of the petition. The petitioner had expressed his agony to the
forced by the petitionees to write a letter to withdraw his petition and send it by postal mail. The
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Commission and other inmates about the repeated, forced interviews, and the fact that he was
Commission concluded that the repeated interviews by the petitionees violated the petitioner's
with the Commission, limiting his voluntary decision and action.
D. Multi-person Care Facilities
■ Human rights violated due to disclosure of personal information of comfort
woman by senior care facility
On September 10, the Commission recommended the director of an institution that assists
victims who had been forced to work in Japan's military brothels and the director of a related
social welfare organization to take the necessary measures so that the name of the victim is not
revealed, delete her data, and consult the level of information disclosure with the family of the
deceased victim.
An investigation by the Commission showed that the facilities had disclosed the victim's
personal information in an aggressive promotional campaign, despite the request from the victim
that her personal data not be disclosed to the public. The Commission recognizes that comfort
women's account of their experiences can serve the public interest, but should they not want to
be actively disclosed due to fears that such disclosure might do them and their families harm,
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right of self-determination. It also saw them as an act to disrupt the petitioner’s communication