Q.How do the Guidelines address human rights issues?

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The paragraph II of the Guidelines stipulates that "NEXI confirms whether the project sponsors implement appropriate environmental and social considerations, so as to prevent or mitigate potential impacts on environment (i.e. not only on the natural environment, but also on social environment: hereinafter referred to as the "environment")" and "The environmental and social considerations include human rights considerations."　The Guidelines indicate that it is necessary to confirm proper consideration for human rights which may be dealt with in a concrete sense and which have clear criteria. The Exhibit 1 (3) of the Guidelines ("Scope of Impacts to be Examined") describes about the social concerns including respect for human rights, illustrating the items to be considered in the project such as involuntary resettlement, indigenous people, gender, and the rights of children.