Utari Issues Forum - Utarimondaikonwakai

...The Hokkaido Ainu Association, established in 1986 (predecessor of the Hokkaido Ainu Association, established in 1930), unanimously adopted the "Draft Law Concerning the Ainu People" (abbreviated as the "New Ainu Law"), which called for the immediate repeal of the law and for "the recognition of the existence of the Ainu people with their own culture in Japan, the respect for their ethnic pride under the Japanese Constitution, and the guarantee of their ethnic rights." Based on this adoption, the association submitted a petition to the Governor of Hokkaido and the Speaker of the Hokkaido Assembly in July of the same year, requesting the repeal of the Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Law and the establishment of a new law, and the Governor of Hokkaido (Takahiro Yokomichi) immediately established the "Utari Issues Discussion Group," a private advisory body to the Governor. The "Forum" subsequently examined indigenous policies in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, and in March 1988 submitted a report to the Governor of Hokkaido, in which it recommended the abolition of the current "Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Law" and the "Asahikawa City Former Aborigines Protection Land Disposal Law," and the enactment of a "New Ainu Law" (tentative name) including (1) a declaration to respect the rights of the Ainu people, (2) strengthening human rights protection activities, (3) promoting Ainu culture, (4) establishing an independence fund, and (5) establishing a new deliberative body (however, it rejected the "suffrage" request by the Hokkaido Utari Association, which would provide "special seats for the Ainu people in national and local assemblies," as this would violate the Constitution of Japan). It is noteworthy that the basis for enacting a new law with such content was based on the "indigenous rights" of the Ainu people.

*The following is an explanation of terms that refer to the "Utari Issues Discussion Group."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…61年設立，前身は30年設立の北海道アイヌ協会)が同法の即時撤廃と〈日本国に固有の文化を持ったアイヌ民族が存在することを認め，日本国憲法のもとに民族の誇りが尊重され，民族の権利が保障されること〉を求めた，〈アイヌ民族に関する法律(案)〉(略称〈アイヌ新法〉)を全会一致で採択した。　同協会はこの採択をふまえて同年7月，北海道知事･北海道議会議長に〈北海道旧土人保護法〉の廃止と新法制定について陳情書を提出し，北海道知事(横路孝弘)はこれをうけて，ただちに知事の私的諮問機関である〈ウタリ問題懇話会〉を設置した。同〈懇話会〉は，以後アメリカ，オーストラリア，ニュージーランドにおける先住民族政策等を検討したうえで，88年3月，北海道知事に答申書を提出し，そのなかで，現行の〈北海道旧土人保護法〉と〈旭川市旧土人保護地処分法〉を廃止するとともに，(1)アイヌの人たちの権利を尊重するための宣言，(2)人権擁護活動の強化，(3)アイヌ文化の振興，(4)自立化基金の創設，(5)審議機関の新設，などを含む〈アイヌ新法〉(仮称)を制定することを提言(ただし，北海道ウタリ協会が求めた〈国･地方議会にアイヌ民族の特別議席を設ける〉という〈参政権〉については，日本国憲法に抵触するとして否定)したが，こうした内容をもつ新法制定の根拠をアイヌ民族の〈先住権〉に求めたことは注目される。…

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