The Liberal Democratic Party has put together a draft outline of the basic law that stipulates ideas for protecting the rights of children, with the aim of enacting it in line with the establishment of the "Children's Family Agency."
The establishment of a third-party organization to investigate child abuse, etc., which had been divided within the party, was not specified.
Following the submission of a government bill to the Diet to establish a "Children's Family Agency" that will serve as a command tower for children's policies, both the LDP and Komeito are the basics that stipulate the principles for protecting children's rights. We aim to submit the bill by legislation.
In the outline of the basic law presented at the LDP meeting on the 10th, the government will formulate a "general rule" which is the basic policy of child policy, and establish a "children's policy promotion meeting" headed by the Prime Minister. It includes things such as things.
On the other hand, regarding the establishment of a third-party organization that has the authority to investigate child abuse and make recommendations to the national government, the statement was postponed due to the disagreement within the party, and measures will be taken as a future consideration. The content was limited to requesting the establishment of a mechanism to evaluate the implementation status of.
The outline plan was approved at the meeting on the 10th, and the Liberal Democratic Party, in coordination with the Komeito and other parties, will submit the bill to the current Diet and aim to enact it together with the bill to establish the "Children's Family Agency". ..