Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Organization
Founded | 10 August 1956 |
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Focus | Abolition of nuclear weapons |
Headquarters | Shibadaimon, Minato, Tokyo |
Area served | Japan |
Method | Lobbying |
Website | www |
The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (日本原水爆被害者団体協議会, Nihon gensuibaku higaisha dantai kyōgi-kai), often shortened to Nihon Hidankyō (日本被団協, Nihon Hidankyō), is a group formed by hibakusha in 1956 with the goals of pressuring the Japanese government to improve support of the victims and lobbying governments for the abolition of nuclear weapons.[1]
Honors
- 2010: Award for Social Activism (World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates)
- 1985, 1994, 2015: the Swiss-based International Peace Bureau (IPB) nominated Hidankyo for the Nobel Peace Prize.[2][3]
See also
- Hibakusha
- Anti-nuclear movement
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
References
External links
- Nihon Hidankyō
- HIBAKUSHA - Atomic Bomb Survivors
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Statements