International Academic Exchange with University of Johannesburg from the Viewpoint of Research and Education regarding Family System and Human Rights

The purpose of this report is to summarize the current progress of the international joint research on the protection of minorities in Japan and South Africa. South Africa has enacted the world's longest Constitution (1996), which enshrines the rights of all people in the state and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. The history of and situation after Apartheid, as well as the reconstruction of the social system to guarantee these values, are highly suggestive for Japanese policy regarding the protection of children, women, sexual minorities, and indigenous people (such as the Ainu people).