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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

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

Law, Myth, and the Long Work of Reform

Drawing on legal reforms across different countries and cultural contexts, the author, a legal scholar, examines how rape myths continue to shape sexual assault laws and legal outcomes and proposes measures for reform.

Ramona Albin

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

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>

Reflecting on the “Comfort Women” Issue Through the Framework of Women’s Human Rights

This article examines the Japanese military “comfort women” issue through the lens of women’s human rights, extending the discussion to structural violence against women, social exclusion, and economic inequality. It further calls for victim-centered social restructuring and redistribution.

Joohee Kim

“Stop Using Women’s Bodies as Battlefields!”

Iryna Dovhan, head of SEMA Ukraine, condemns the severe violence and suffering endured by countless women during the Ukraine-Russia war, which has persisted for over a decade.

Iryna Dovhan

International people’s tribunal on the Indonesian genocide of 1965

On November 12~14, 2015, an international people’s tribunal was held in The Hague, the Netherlands for the crimes against humanity that had occurred in Indonesia in 1965.

Saskia E. Wieringa

The supranational nature of the 'comfort women' issue and the ‘glocalization’ of memories, Part 1

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

Shin Ki-young

“Rape and Gender Violence are part of TRC’s Unfinished Business”: South Africa’s Ongoing Quest for Gender Justice (1)

Colonialism and apartheid were both predicated on the marginalization and subjugation of the population in terms of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and culture.

Helen Scanlon

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