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Here and now, what is the “issue” of Comfort Women for the Japanese military?

Now that a considerable amount of time has passed since the issue of the Japanese military “Comfort Women” was publicized, what are the questions young researchers are asking here?

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Colabo’s Fights against Sexual Exploitation and Misogyny in Japan Today

Time and again, we have seen the pattern of distortions, misogyny, and gaslighting of victims of sexual violence and their advocates as corrupt and greedy money grabbers.

Sayaka Chatani

Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust and Afterward

This article foregrounds the long-overlooked sexual violence perpetrated against Jewish women during the Holocaust. It calls for fuller integration of survivors’ testimonies of sexual violence into our understanding of Holocaust history and prompts recognition of the ongoing reality of conflict-related sexual violence today.

Rochelle G. Saidel

The 2011 Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Unconstitutionality of Omission Marks the Turning Point for the “Comfort Women” Issue <Part 1>

Panel: Nam Kijeong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)/ Cho Yanghyeon (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)/ Cho Sihyeon (The Center of Historical Truth and Justice)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

미국 버지니아주 the Fairfax 카운티에 있는 위안부 평화공원에 설치된 기림비 (출처: Mary McCarthy 제공)

The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 2

Written by Shin Ki-young, Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan

Shin Ki-young

What is the extent of the legal binding force of the Korea-Japan Agreement of December 28, 2015 on the “comfort women” issue? <Part 2>

Nam Kijeong (Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)/ Cho Yanghyeon (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)/ Cho Sihyeon (The Center of Historical Truth and Justice)

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Online interview between Jeong Yeong-hwan & Pak Noja The issue of the 'comfort women’ that needs to be viewed from a post-division perspective DAY 2

Written by Jeong Yeong-hwan, Professor at Meiji Gakuin University, and Pak Noja, Professor at the University of Oslo

Jeong Yeong-hwan

베트남전 시민평화법정의 판결선고 직후 원고들과 변호사들의 모습 (사진 제공: 시민평화법정 준비위원회)

Judgment after 50 years - 2018 People’s Peace Tribunal for the Vietnam War

From April 21 to 22, 2018, the ‘People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War’ (hereinafter the ‘People’s Peace Tribunal’) was held at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

Jang Won-ah

Beyond Nationalism: The Ongoing History of the “Comfort Women” and Gender Politics

Carol Gluck

People's Tribunal for Women in Guatemala - The story of women from the other side of the globe who inherited each other's pain

The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on the Trial of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery in 2000 (hereinafter the ‘Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000’), which was hosted in Tokyo, Japan from December 8 to 12, 2000, was a people’s tribunal[1] that held the Japanese government – the perpetrating state - and Emperor Hirohito responsible for war crimes. It was viewed as the most appropriate alternative plan devised at a time when it was no longer feasible to hold a legally effective international court with any cooperation from the Japanese government.

Sim A-jeong

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