nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4c53e0f2de6b1f07 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240807s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4c53e0f2de6b1f07 doi eng 342 23 Kinoshita, Masahiko Author aut Breaking with Conservatism? - A Bolder Japanese Judiciary on the Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities Kinoshita, Masahiko Verfassungsblog 2024-08-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Japanese Supreme Court has been described as “the most conservative constitutional court in the world”. And, though lower courts can sometimes be more active, the Japanese judiciary as a whole tends also to be referred to as conservative. However, recent developments challenge this view. In particular, Japanese courts have begun to issue rulings in favour of the rights of sexual and gender minorities on issues like same-sex marriage and gender recognition. Do these decisions suggest that the conservatism of the Japanese judiciary has been overstated – or are they signs of change? CC BY-SA 4.0 gender equality Judicial Activism minority rights Same Sex Marriage transgender rights Baldwin, Guy Author aut Hatano, Ayako Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/japan-supreme-court-same-sex/ raw object