Legislation Major Legislation Article 32 (Prevention of Harassment, etc.) ① Persons with disabilities shall have the right to be free from any and all types of violence, regardless of gender, age, and type, degree, or characteristics of disability. ② Persons with disabilities who have suffered harassment, etc., shall have the right to receive counseling, treatment, legal aid, and other appropriate measures and shall not receive any disadvantageous treatment on the grounds of reporting harms Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, Remedy Against Infringement of their Rights, etc. caused by harassment, etc. ③ No person shall engage in activities to ostracize persons with disabilities or persons related to persons with disabilities or derogatory verbal expressions or conducts which might cause offense or disparagement in schools, facilities, workplaces, local communities, etc., on the basis of disability. ④ No person shall abandon, abuse or extort money from persons with disabilities or persons related to persons with disabilities in private spaces, homes, facilities, workplaces, local communities, etc., on the basis of disability. ⑤ No person shall infringe on the right to sexual self-determination of persons with disabilities or engage in verbal expressions to cause a sense of shame, molestation, or assault or rape taking advantage of disability. ⑥ The State and local governments shall provide education for awareness-building and prevention of harassment, etc., to eliminate harassment, etc., of persons with disabilities and seek appropriate measures. 67

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