Japan court rejects payout for victims of eugenics law | The Malaysian Insight

Lawyers and supporters of victims of forced sterilisation under a now-defunct eugenics law carrying a banner that reads 'Sterilisation under the eugenics law. Relief measures for the victims required now!' outside the Tokyo district court in May last year. Some 16,500 people were sterilised without their consent under the law, which targeted those with disabilities. – AFP pic, May 28, 2019.

MEN and women who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law saw their bid for compensation rejected today by a Japanese court, which said the statute of limitations has passed. The court ruled that the law, which remained in force until 1996, “was unconstitutional”, reported local media.

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