Article 11 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 11 of the Constitution of Japan is a fundamental rights provision that guarantees the people’s inviolable basic human rights as eternal and inviolate.

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Article 11 of the Constitution of Japan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedIn 1946 ⓘ
aimsTo secure basic human rights for present and future generations ⓘ
appliesTo the people of Japan ⓘ
authority supersedes conflicting ordinary legislation in Japan ⓘ
belongsToLegalDocumentType written constitution ⓘ
bindingOn state power in Japan ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1947-05-03 ⓘ
chapter Chapter III of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
chapterTitle Rights and Duties of the People ⓘ
characterizesRightsAs eternal ⓘ
inviolate ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchy supreme law within the Japanese legal order ⓘ
constitutionalRole fundamental rights provision ⓘ
general guarantee clause for basic human rights ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
enforcement subject to judicial review by Japanese courts ⓘ
enshrinesPrinciple eternity of basic human rights ⓘ
inviolability of basic human rights ⓘ
respect for fundamental human rights ⓘ
guarantees basic human rights ⓘ
fundamental human rights ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War II constitutional reform in Japan ⓘ
influencedBy liberal democratic constitutionalism ⓘ
postwar human rights norms ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legalEffect guarantees inviolable fundamental human rights to the people ⓘ
legalInterpretation serves as a general clause supporting other specific rights provisions ⓘ
legalSystem Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
normativeCharacter rights-protective provision ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Japan ⓘ
prohibits infringement of guaranteed basic human rights by the state ⓘ
protects freedom and rights of the people in general terms ⓘ
individual dignity ⓘ
recognizedAs core human rights guarantee in Japanese constitutional law ⓘ
relatedTo Article 12 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 13 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
rightsHolder all people under the jurisdiction of Japan ⓘ
scope covers all basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subjectMatter fundamental rights ⓘ
human rights guarantees ⓘ
textualForm single article within Chapter III ⓘ

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Chapter III of the Constitution of Japan → containsArticle → Article 11 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 13 of the Constitution of Japan → relatedTo → Article 11 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ