<본 보고서 집필 방향>

1) 가이드 라인에 따라 통일적으로 집필한다.

<가이드라인> 각 조항별로

① 종합의견(정부보고서에 대한 평가 포함)

② 쟁점별 정리--각 쟁점 별로 아래의 방식을 따른다.  (별첨 2. 일변연 보고서의 일부 참조)

a. 결론과 권고

b. 국제인권법적 근거 및 최초보고서 검토 시 사회권위원회의 지적사항

c. 정부보고서의 관련 내용 요약 및 평가

d. 현 상황 및 문제점

e. 우리의 입장

③ 각 조항의 마지막에 종합적인 권고사항 요약 정리

*약식보고서에서 다룬 주요 문제의 현황 및 입장에 기반해 가이드라인의 a, b, c를 추가하고 d에는 변화된 상황, 새로운 통계가 있으면 추가하는 방향으로 집필하기로. 유엔이 한국정부에 보낸 질의서 내용 중 약식보고서에서 다루지 않은 것이 있다면 본 보고서에 추가해야 함.

*가이드라인에 따라 집필할 경우, 위에서 평가한 보완되어야 할 부분들이 상당 부분 해결된다.

-통계의 배경과 출처 반드시 기재(d) : 이번 국정감사 때 제출될 통계자료들 확보, 검토 요청됨.

-정부의 주장과 배치되는 구체적인 사항들에 대해 우리 주장과 근거를 보다 명확히 함(c)

-사회권위원회의 1995년 당시 최종견해(권고) 이행 여부를 밝혀줌(b)

-국제기구들(UNDP, ILO 등)의 보고서(위원들이 검토하는 1차 자료가 되기 때문) 중 한국 관련 부분 검토, 인용하거나 사실과 다른 부분 지적.(b)

2) 집필 시, IMF의 영향 하에 이뤄진 신자유주의 정책이 어떻게 영향을 미쳤는지, 총론과의 연관성이 설득력있게 드러날 수 있도록 함.

<별첨> 가이드라인에 따라 보고서를 집필할 때 참고하시도록 일변연의 자유권 규약에 대한 보고서 중 7장의 4항을 발췌했습니다.

ALTERNATIVE REPORT

TO THE FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT OF JAPAN

ON THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT

ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER 7: MEASURES FOR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Section 1: Necessary Measures to Raise Status of Women in Japan

Section 2: Measures Necessary to Remedy Inequities in the Employment of Women

Section 3: Measures Required to Change The System Mandating Same Family Names

Section 4: Measures to Guarantee Gender Equality with Regard to School Textbook

Section 5: Measures to be Taken for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Section 4: Measures to Guarantee Gender Equality With Regard to School Textbook Approval (Articles 3 and 19 of the Covenant)

A. Conclusions and Recommendations

The Japanese government's interference via the school textbook authorization system with the freedom to express opinions promoting gender equality violates articles 3 and 19 of the Covenant.

B. Subjects of Concern and Recommendations of the Human Rights Committee

??In its consideration of the Third Periodic Report of the Japanese government the Committee examined the problems relating to the school textbook authorization system as problems pertaining to freedom of expression and, in its comments appended to its investigation, indicated its main concern as follows: "The Committee regrets that there appears to be a restrictive approach in certain laws and decisions as to respect for the right to freedom of expression." (Comment, paragraph 14)

C. The Government's Response and its Fourth Periodic Report (paragraphs 176-177)

??In its discussion of article 19 of the Covenant in its Fourth Periodic Report the Japanese government maintains the following attitude with respect to problems arising out of school textbook authorization: "Such restriction of the freedom of expression is within the limits of rationality and necessity." The school textbook authorization system is being used, however, as a means to suppress expression seeking to promote gender equality, as described below.

D. Current Situation and Problems

??In Japan, textbooks used in public schools undergo a process of prior authorization called "kentei," carried out by the Ministry of Education, in which the Ministry reviews textbooks and suggests that passages be revised or deleted. Textbooks which do not adopt these suggestions are rejected and not approved for publication.

??The Ministry of Education rejected a 1997 high school home economics textbook that emphasized individual self-reliance and self-respect, including issues such as separate names for married couples and the single life. This textbook covered such subjects as sex roles as societal constructs, the increase in unmarried domestic partners, and women's reproductive health rights, but the Ministry of Education had many comments and requests for revision and determined that these topics were inappropriate. Its rationale was reported as that: Family life is based on the family structure, which comprises a married couple and children. To describe various forms of family first would put the cart before the horse, and in accordance with the purpose of the guidelines for guidance, we cannot help but make comments regarding these passages.

E. Position of the JFBA

??The Ministry of Education's "kentei" (i.e., prior authorization system) of textbooks deprives textbook authors of the opportunity to convey information about alternative lifestyles to high school students via textbooks, and high school students of the chance to learn about these topics, thereby infringing on the right to freedom of expression guaranteed in article 19 of the Covenant. Moreover, the Ministry's interference in violation of the Covenant is a problem inherent in the "kentei" system itself, in which the contents of textbooks can be easily interfered with by the requirement of prior approval, based on the government's fixed values. In addition, because the "kentei" of the home economics textbook in this case was designed to limit education regarding freer lifestyles for women that do not conform to traditional views of the family or stereotyped sex roles, it is in direct conflict with article 3 of the Covenant, which guarantees equal rights for women. The Japanese government must stop infringing on the right to freedom of expression through its textbook authorization system.