Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare for Hansen's Disease Patients, Request for Eliminating Prejudice and Discrimination October 2:16
Following the ruling of a class action that recognized discrimination damage to the family of leprosy patients, the former patient's family met with the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato and steadily implemented efforts to eliminate prejudice and discrimination, and to restore honor I asked you to.
The family and defense team of former patients with leprosy visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 2nd and met with the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.
At the beginning, Mr. Kato apologized, "I wonder if there was a long-standing severe prejudice and discrimination, and it was hard to do my best. I deeply reflected and apologized again."
Based on this, he shared his thoughts on considering specific initiatives such as raising human rights at the “discussion forum” to eliminate prejudice and discrimination.
On the other hand, a vice president of the plaintiff group said, “Many plaintiffs have been persecuted from the community just because they are family members. I would like you to think about how to be, "and requested that the efforts to eliminate prejudice and discrimination, and to steadily implement honor recovery.
The government has been discussing with the plaintiffs over the new compensation system, and the policy is to increase the amount of compensation beyond the verdict and expand the scope of coverage.