Kawasaki City Announces a draft ordinance prohibiting hate speech November 15, 18:20
Kawasaki City, which aims to establish regulations with punishment for the first time in the whole country to prohibit discriminatory actions such as hate speech, is up to 500,000 yen if it repeats ethno-discriminatory actions without following the recommendations and orders of the city. The ordinance draft including fines was announced on the 15th.
In June, Kawasaki City presented a draft of the ordinance prohibiting discriminatory behaviors such as hate speech, and after amending it based on the results of public comments, announced the ordinance draft on the 15th.
This prohibits discriminatory behavior to people from countries and regions other than Japan in public places. Specifically, it encourages withdrawal from the area in which it lives, as well as physical and freedom. , Prohibiting serious insults such as notifying that property is harmed, and comparing it to something other than a person.
If you violate this, the mayor will make “recommendations” and “orders” to prevent discriminatory behavior, and if you violate them for the third time within 6 months from the order, the names of individuals and organizations, In addition to announcing your address, etc., you will be fined up to 500,000 yen for criminal charges.
In the draft, it was supposed to ask the expert review board before “recommendation” or “order”, but in the draft ordinance, it was not always necessary in the event of an emergency. The city has been revised to listen, and the city is aiming for both a quick response and the prevention of arbitrary judgment.
The draft ordinance will be submitted to the city council held later this month.
Include a fine of up to 500,000 yen
It is the detailed contents of the ordinance with penal regulations for prohibiting discriminatory actions such as hate speech announced by Kawasaki City on the 15th.
What is prohibited by the ordinance is to “discriminate against people from countries and regions other than Japan” in public places such as roads and parks in the city.
There are three specific contents, and the first is the act of “inciting / notifying the removal from the area where you live”. In the draft, it was set as “Exiting abroad”, but in the ordinance draft, it was changed to include the local government and area where you live.
The second is the act of “inciting / notifying that life, body, freedom, honor, or property is harmed”. The third is the act of “insulting remarkably, like being compared to something other than a person”.
Experts and others have requested that the act of `` defamatory and hateful '' should be added based on the current situation that hoaxes over foreigners flow in the case of violent incidents and disasters, but this is included It wasn't.
As specific means, "use of loudspeakers", "postings such as signboards and placards" and "distribution of leaflets and pamphlets" were specified.
On the other hand, the act of “speaking loudly all at once” in the draft was deleted in the ordinance draft because it was difficult to define “many” or “loud”.
When we violate this, the mayor "recommends" that you must not perform these acts for six months, and if there is another violation within the period, we will "order" next.
If the third violation is made within 6 months from the order, the name of the individual, the name of the organization, the address, etc. will be announced, and a fine of 500,000 yen or less will be imposed for criminal charges. The In order to prevent arbitrary judgments, opinions are heard from expert review boards before publication.
On the other hand, the hate speech on the Internet, where many requests were made for specific measures, was limited to the expression "Take necessary measures to prevent proliferation" as operating in accordance with the case.
Mayor Fukuda “Aiming for unanimous approval”
In response to the ordinance draft, Kawasaki City Mayor Norihiko Fukuda said, “Towards the creation of a town without undue discrimination, I think the establishment of the ordinance will be a big opportunity. I want to try to explain it to Congress. "
Kawasaki citizens' reaction to the draft regulations
Regarding the draft regulations of Kawasaki City to ban discriminatory actions such as hate speech, there were voices from citizens who wanted early enactment, while others were questioning the effects of the regulations.
A woman in her 30s who raises a 2-year-old child said, “It is not pleasant to say that many people gather in front of the station and can be discriminated loudly. I hope that there will be no such behavior and it will be easy to raise children. "
A 72-year-old man said, “I think I have to get along with people from different countries, so I want to establish the ordinance as soon as possible.”
On the other hand, a 58-year-old woman living in Yuki-ku said, “Regulations are not bad, but even if the ordinance is made, it is difficult to eradicate hate speech. I don't think why people who attack others came out. I could n’t. ”
Also, a 76-year-old man in Kawasaki Ward said, “I want to eliminate hate speech, but aren't penalties overkill? It was.