Last year, the Ministry of Justice investigated more than 8,900 cases of suspected human rights violations, an increase from the previous year. Minister of Justice Koizumi expressed his intention to respond with a sense of urgency to ensure that human rights are fully protected.
According to the Ministry of Justice, legal affairs bureaus nationwide investigated 8,962 cases of suspected human rights violations last year, an increase of 1,103 cases from the previous year.
Of these, 1,185 cases were investigated due to bullying at school, and the Legal Affairs Bureau asked the principal to strengthen efforts to prevent bullying after being consulted that the school did not adequately respond to an elementary school student being beaten by a classmate. There was a case where they requested that they do so.
In addition, 1,824 cases were investigated for suspected human rights violations on the Internet, and in one case, the Legal Affairs Bureau requested the site administrator to delete the site after being consulted about someone posting false information, such as someone with a criminal record for fraud. That is to say.
Minister of Justice Koizumi said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, ``The number of cases involving children and human rights violations on the Internet remains at a high level, which is a worrying situation.We will continue to work with a sense of urgency to ensure that human rights are fully protected.'' I want to.”