Încălcarea drepturilor omului

Conflictul dintre China, Coreea, Filipine și Japonia. Cazul „comfort women”

Abstract

This paper highlights the fact that the Japanese Empire, during World War II, by creating the women’s
comfort system, violated human rights and committed a crime against humanity. The paper aims to
present the crimes committed by the Japanese, arguing that the actions of the Japanese Empire are crimes
against humanity on the legal basis of international conventions and declarations. According to the Geneva
Convention (1949), prohibitions on murder, torture, corporal punishment, bodily mutilation, medical or
scientific experiments and other acts of cruelty are imposed on those defended during armed conflict. To
conduct the research, we used as methods: content analysis of specialized books, historical documents and
analysis of international jurisprudence. The results of the research show that Japan has applied inhuman
and cruel treatment to the population of China, Korea and the Philippines, using sexual violence as a
weapon of war and a method of creating a comfort system for its soldiers. Most importantly, through the
Military Court for the Far East, women who have been turned into sex slaves have been largely ignored,
and their perpetrators have escaped unpunished. Thus, between China, Korea, the Philippines and Japan,
many ambiguities and unresolved issues remain, which hinder their effective cooperation. That is why this
paper develops a new perspective on resolving the conflict inherited from the past through the method of
transitional justice.