論文詳細
旧優生保護法に係る控訴審判決
―東京高裁2022（令和４）年３月11日―
抄録
近時、いわゆる旧優生保護法の下で不妊手術を強制された被害者が国に賠償を求める裁判は各地で起こったものの、それら地裁判決が被害者の請求を退けてきた。ところが、2022（令和４）年２月22日に出た大阪高裁の控訴審判決は、第一審の地裁判決を覆し、国に賠償を命じたのであった。旧優生保護法に係るこういった裁判としては、これが日本で一件目の逆転判決になった。そしてついに、2022（令和４）年３月11日、東京高裁で控訴審判決が出た。これまでもが、第一審の地裁判決を覆し、国に対して賠償を命じた。筆者はこの二件目となる東京高裁の逆転判決について裁判資料を入手し、若干の文献的考察を行った。
A ruling on an appeal pertaining to the former Eugenic Protection Act by the Tokyo High Court on March 11, 2022
Abstract
Despite a number of recent court cases across Japan, where people who had been forcibly sterilized under the so-called former Eugenic Protection Act sought compensation from the national government, district courts had rejected their claims. On February 22, 2022, however, the Osaka High Court overturned the Osaka District Court’s decision and ordered the national government to pay compensation. This ruling is the first of its kind in Japan pertaining to the former Eugenic Protection Act. And at last, on March 11, 2022, the Tokyo High Court also overturned the Tokyo District Court’s decision and ordered the national government to pay compensation. In this paper, the author examined court documents on this second overturned ruling in the country by the Tokyo High Court, while reviewing relevant literature.