Malacañang has turned down the appeal of a comfort women’s group for President Marcos to take up the cause of World War II sexual slavery victims in his upcoming visit to Japan this week.
Malacañang has turned down the appeal of a comfort women’s group for President Marcos to take up the cause of World War II sexual slavery victims in his upcoming visit to Japan this week.
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| Narcisa Claveria (left) and Estelita Dy hold hands as they stage a protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Pasay on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, to urge Japan to acknowledge its record of wartime sex slavery before the United Nations. Photo by Marc Jayson Cayabyab, The Philippine STAR |
Marcos will be in Tokyo from Feb. 8 to 12 to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and have an audience with Emperor Naruhito, as well as sign seven bilateral agreements and meet business leaders and the Filipino community.
"Sex slavery victims’ compensation claims have been deemed “settled” in a 1956 reparations deal with Japan."
- Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific affairs Nathaniel Imperial said during Palace press conference last Wednesday, Feb. 1.
The statement effectively turned down the appeal of a group fighting for the comfort women’s cause for Marcos to bring the plight of the surviving lolas or grandmothers to Japan.
As they near their twilight age, two survivors – Estelita Dy and Narcisa Claveria – continue to go to the streets fighting for their just recognition.
READ MORE: https://www.onenews.ph/articles/comfort-women-not-on-marcos-japan-trip-agenda | via ONE News
SAMPLE BAR QUESTIONS
Involving "comfort women"
In 1993, historians confirmed that during World War II, "comfort women" were forced into serving the Japanese military. These women were either abducted or lured by false promises of jobs as cooks or waitresses, and eventually forced against their will to have sex with Japanese soldiers on a daily basis during the course of the war, and often suffered from severe beatings and venereal diseases. The Japanese government contends that the "comfort stations" were run as "onsite military brothels" (or prostitution houses) by private operators, and not by the Japanese military. There were many Filipina "comfort women."
(a.) Name at least one basic principle or norm of international humanitarian law that was violated by the Japanese military in the treatment of the "comfort women."
(b.) The surviving Filipina "comfort women" demand that the Japanese government apologize and pay them compensation. However, under the 1951 San Francisco Peace Agreement -the legal instrument that ended the state of war between Japan and the Allied Forces -all the injured states, including the Philippines, received war reparations and, in return, waived all claims against Japan arising from the war. Is that a valid defense?
(c.) The surviving Filipina "comfort women" sue the Japanese government for damages before Philippine courts. Will that case prosper?
[Bar 2007, Q. No. IV] (10 POINTS)
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