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.
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