The “Comfort Women” system was not only a violation of women’s rights, but also a grave infringement of children’s rights. In this article, Professor Ñusta Carranza Ko examines how imperial Japanese authorities systematically violated the rights of underage girls, in direct contravention of international conventions of the time, reframing the issue as a case of child rights violations.
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Byeongju Hwang is a research officer at the National Institute of Korean History, focusing on the modern transformation of Korea. He is currently responsible for the project on the war crimes of Japanese Military “Comfort Women” at the National Institute of Korean History.
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