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I. United Nations reports and documents 4
1. Consideration of reports submitted by States Partiesunder Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination ofAll Forms of Discrimination against Women, Japan, para. 546-607 (1 January 1994) 6
2. Report of the Special Rapporteuron violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy(E/CN.4/1996/53/Add.1, 4 January 1996) 20
3. Report of the Special Rapporteur on systematic rape, sexual slavery and slavery-like practices during armed conflict, Ms. Gay J. McDougall(E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/13, 22 June 1998) 60
4. Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy(E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.1, 27 February 2003) 90
5. Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(A/58/38, 18 August 2003), para. 337-378 96
6. Consideration of reports submitted by States Parties under Article 40 of the Covenant, Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee(CCPR/C/JPN/CO/5, 18 December 2008)on the fifth periodic report of Japan 108
7. Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW/C/JPN/CO/6, 7 August 2009)on the sixth periodic report of Japan 120
8. Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, Japan(14 December 2012) 136
9. Concluding observationson the third periodic report of Japan, adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its fiftieth session(E/C.12/JPN/CO/3, 10 June 2013) 166
10. Concluding observationson the second periodic report of Japan, adopted by the Committee against Tortureat its fiftieth session(CAT/C/JPN/CO/2, 28 June 2013) 176
II. Parliamentary resolutions and other documents 190
1. House of Representatives of the United States (H.Res.121, 30 July 2007) 192
2. Senate of Australia (September 2007) 196
3. House of Representatives of the Netherlands (November 2007) 198
4. House of Commons of Canada (November 2007) 200
5. European Parliament (P6_TA-PROV(2007)0632, 13 December 2007) 202
6. State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2014.... 206