Ripe for Justice: A New UN Tool to Strengthen the Position of the Comfort Women and to Corner Japan into Its Reparation Responsibility
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Strengthen the Position of the Comfort
Women and to Comer Japan into its
Reparation Responsibility
Brooke Say*
We want justice. We want the Japanese government to take
responsibility.... What we are saying is the truth. We didn't come
here to lie. We didn't come here to see Japan. We came here to tell
the truth
Esmeralda Boe, East Timor1
The Comfort Women's Story
The most recent report by the Special Rapporteur on violence
against women found that in seven of eight reviewed countries in Asian
* J.D. Candidate, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State
University, 2005; B.A. Politics, magna cum laude, Messiah College, 2002. The author
dedicates this comment to her husband, Adam, in recognition of his faithful love, support,
and sacrifice throughout the writing of this comment and law school. She would also like
to thank her family and friends for their never-ending patience and prayers. To the One
who has done immeasurably more than could be asked or imagined: every success
remains Your honor.
NOTE: This comment is based upon information current as of January 2005. Action
by the United Nations, Japan, and other international players could affect the continued
accuracy of my statements and conclusions.
1. A surviving comfort woman, at the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal
on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery sums up the thoughts of her fellow victims and the
passions of the United Nations community. The Tribunal passed a non-binding judgment
of guilt on Japan's military as well as Emperor Hirohito for constructing, implementing,
and supporting the comfort stations. Women's International War Crimes Tribunal
2000 for the Trial of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, The Prosecutors and the Peoples
of the Asia-Pacific Region v. Emperor Hirohito et al. and the Government of Japan at 2
(2000), available at http://home.att.ne.jp/star/tribunal/jedgement-e.html
http://www.womennews.co.kr/ewnews/etop_2000.htm#j (last http://www.fire.or.cr/dicOl/
triboralverdict.htm) (last visited January 25, 2004) [hereinafter Women's Tribunal].](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/psilr23&div=56&collection=journals&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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