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I was just forwarded this info.
I only posted some of the stuff from the link,
but co-sponsors and organizations affiliated
with this conference are wide-spread, not limited
to NE Asia, and a decent number are native to Japan.
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About the World Conference
What: The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
When: October 4–7, 2007
Where: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Objectives:
1. Increase public awareness about the comfort women issue, building on the Honda Resolution (H.R. 121), through U.S. and global media coverage of the World Conference.
1. Create a global coalition around Japanese Military Sexual Slavery as an issue symbolizing the need for global peace, social justice, and human rights amongst scholars, lawyers, experts, artists, governments, NGOs.
1. Compile educational materials, including publications, documentaries, and textbooks that accurately depict the "comfort system."
1. Educate students about the "comfort women" issue, war crimes against women, and impress upon them the importance of peace, social justice, and human rights.
1. Draft a "Human Rights Declaration for the Japanese Military Sexual Slaves."
1. Increase the participation of civil society to pressure the Japanese government to offer official apology and proper reparation, as well as meet the other demands of the victims.
Significance:
1. Despite recommendations by the UN Human Rights Committee, ILO Expert Committee, Amnesty International, and International Commission on Jurists, the Japanese government has offered neither an official apology for the "Comfort System," nor provided reparations to the victims. It has been 62 years since the end of WWII, 61 years since the Far East Military Tribunal, and 7 years since the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.
1. In the United States, there is increasing awareness and interest in the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Japanese military sexual slaves. For example, Congressman Michael Honda's "Comfort Women" Resolution (H.R. 121), which is sponsored by 152 representatives, brings the issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery to the center of U.S. policy, and it recognizes that Japan's crimes are not just as an old problem between Japan and Korea, or even just in Asia, but it is important for global human rights and peace.
Did you know . . .
The seven demands by the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery include:
(1) Japan must admit that it forced women to serve as sexual slaves;
(2) War crimes committed against ツ"comfort womenツ" must be investigated;
(3) The Japanese Diet should issue an official apology;
(4) Restitution should be made to the survivors and their families;
(5) Japanese textbooks should accurately reflect the history of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during WWII;
(6) A memorial and museum should be built to commemorate the victims; and
(7) Perpetrators must be punished.
More Information:
Gay McDougal, a former U.N. Special Rapporteur, once said, ツ"Through truth and justice comes reconciliation and healing, and where there is healing for the past, there is hope for the future.ツ" Through the World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, we hope to heal the wounds of victims and create a coalition of those committed to social justice, equality and human rights. Please join this historical event.
see above link
I only posted some of the stuff from the link,
but co-sponsors and organizations affiliated
with this conference are wide-spread, not limited
to NE Asia, and a decent number are native to Japan.
Loading...
About the World Conference
What: The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
When: October 4–7, 2007
Where: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Objectives:
1. Increase public awareness about the comfort women issue, building on the Honda Resolution (H.R. 121), through U.S. and global media coverage of the World Conference.
1. Create a global coalition around Japanese Military Sexual Slavery as an issue symbolizing the need for global peace, social justice, and human rights amongst scholars, lawyers, experts, artists, governments, NGOs.
1. Compile educational materials, including publications, documentaries, and textbooks that accurately depict the "comfort system."
1. Educate students about the "comfort women" issue, war crimes against women, and impress upon them the importance of peace, social justice, and human rights.
1. Draft a "Human Rights Declaration for the Japanese Military Sexual Slaves."
1. Increase the participation of civil society to pressure the Japanese government to offer official apology and proper reparation, as well as meet the other demands of the victims.
Significance:
1. Despite recommendations by the UN Human Rights Committee, ILO Expert Committee, Amnesty International, and International Commission on Jurists, the Japanese government has offered neither an official apology for the "Comfort System," nor provided reparations to the victims. It has been 62 years since the end of WWII, 61 years since the Far East Military Tribunal, and 7 years since the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.
1. In the United States, there is increasing awareness and interest in the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Japanese military sexual slaves. For example, Congressman Michael Honda's "Comfort Women" Resolution (H.R. 121), which is sponsored by 152 representatives, brings the issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery to the center of U.S. policy, and it recognizes that Japan's crimes are not just as an old problem between Japan and Korea, or even just in Asia, but it is important for global human rights and peace.
Did you know . . .
The seven demands by the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery include:
(1) Japan must admit that it forced women to serve as sexual slaves;
(2) War crimes committed against ツ"comfort womenツ" must be investigated;
(3) The Japanese Diet should issue an official apology;
(4) Restitution should be made to the survivors and their families;
(5) Japanese textbooks should accurately reflect the history of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery during WWII;
(6) A memorial and museum should be built to commemorate the victims; and
(7) Perpetrators must be punished.
More Information:
Gay McDougal, a former U.N. Special Rapporteur, once said, ツ"Through truth and justice comes reconciliation and healing, and where there is healing for the past, there is hope for the future.ツ" Through the World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, we hope to heal the wounds of victims and create a coalition of those committed to social justice, equality and human rights. Please join this historical event.
see above link