01431nam a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260003500042653002000077653001200097653001600109653001000125653001700135100001300152245009000165300001800255050001700273520089900290022001801189020001801207       1998                            d  bTofu Kyokai AssociationaTokyo10aLeprosy control10aleprosy10aLegislation10aJapan10aEmancipation1 aOhtani F00aThe walls crumble : the emancipation of persons affected by Hansen's disease in Japan  aXXVII, 246 p.  a130.22 JAP b3 a“To deny the basic human rights of someone who is ill is totally unconscionable.

I believe that the fact that the Leprosy Prevention Law has, in the name of law,

in fact made de facto prisoners of those who suffer from this disease by forcing

their isolation in the name of ‘public welfare. In banishing a group of people

from the rest of society, the law has condoned the way that society has both

despised, ignored and discriminated against these people. This was not merely

wrong, this indicated a conscious intent to cause harm. From both the social

and ethical perspectives these are acts which cannot be permitted to continue

or be forgotten. This book is an attempt to analyze what effect the Leprosy

Prevention Law (through its several stages of amendments) has had on this

country and how it was terminated.”

-- From the Foreword, by Fujio Ohtani  a4-901097-10-5  a4-901097-10-5