Japan’s Supreme Court Grand Bench To Rule On Forced Sterilization Damages
Disability News Japan
English - November 02, 2023 21:00 - 6 minutes - 11.1 MBNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Japanese Supreme Court’s First Petty Bench decided Wednesday to have the top court’s Grand Bench issue a unified ruling on five damages lawsuits filed by forced sterilization victims under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
The lawsuits were initially filed with district courts in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. All but Tokyo District Court found the old law unconstitutional, while all the five rejected damages claims citing the statute of limitation.
Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/11/01/japans-supreme-court-grand-bench-to-rule-on-forced-sterilization-damages/