JAPAN

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE

DECLARATION RE ARTICLES 31 AND 32

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declaration was made upon ratification, accession or succession)

Article 32

"In accordance with Article 32 of the Convention, the Government of Japan declares that it recognizes the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances to receive and consider communications in which a State Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under the Convention."