The Tokyo District Court dismissed the complaint without showing a constitutional decision in a trial in which more than 120 women from all over the country sought compensation from the country when the security-related law that enabled the exercise of the right of collective self-defense violated the constitution. rice field.
Regarding the security-related law that was enacted in 2015 and made it possible to exercise the right of collective self-defense, more than 120 women from all over the country have the right to live peacefully under Article 9 of the Constitution, which stipulates the abandonment of war. And women have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation of 100,000 yen per person, alleging that their right to live without violence has been violated.
In a ruling on the 25th, Tokyo District Court Judge Takaaki Muto said, "'Peace' is an extremely abstract concept, and the plaintiff's alleged'right to live in peace'is a concrete right protected by law. It is not in the interests. Regarding the discomfort and impatience that discrimination and violence against women may be promoted, the content of the law does not necessarily match the beliefs of all the people, and the rights have been violated. I can't say that. "
It did not make a judgment as to whether the law was unconstitutional.
Twenty-five similar trials have been filed nationwide, and all of the judgments handed down in the first and second trials in each region have dismissed the complaint without making a constitutional decision.