The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery in 2000: Its Achievements and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 97-137
Author(s):  
Na-young Lee
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
International War

History of the Comfort Women Movement

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-48
Author(s):  
Eika Tai
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
War Crimes ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Comfort Women ◽  
Sexual Slavery ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
International War ◽  
Sincere Apology ◽  
Historical Periods

I trace the history of the comfort women movement, describing what activists in Japan have done collectively for the movement’s major objectives, the Japanese government’s sincere apology and legal compensations. In doing so, I provide sociopolitical contexts for understanding the activist narratives, which are about what they have thought and felt personally. The activists have modified strategies according to the shifting positions of the government and the international community and the changing public attitude in Japanese society toward the issue. I discuss seven topics chronologically ordered with some overlaps in their historical periods: the rise of the movement; the spread of the movement; the Asian Women’s Fund; the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery; lawsuits; legislative resolution; and fighting in isolated Japan.

The First Wave of International War Crimes Trials: Istanbul and Leipzig

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALAN KRAMER
Keyword(s):  
War Crimes ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
War Crimes Trials ◽  
International War ◽  
Second World ◽  
First World ◽  
Foundation Stone

The Nuremberg tribunal following the Second World War is universally considered as the foundation stone of international law with regard to war crimes and crimes against humanity. It may come as a surprise, however, to learn that the first international attempts to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity came at the end of the First World War, with trials held at Allied prompting in Turkey and Germany.

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