The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday called on the government to provide full reparations and seek an apology from the Japanese government for the suffering inflicted by Japanese soldiers on Filipina “comfort women” at during World War II.
A former comfort woman holds a lit candle for the women who have died over the years due to age as she participates in a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila to coincide with the visit of Emperor Akihito on January 29, 2016. Noel Celis/ AFP/ File photo
CHR made the appeal in support of the recent findings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women thatcommitted by the Japanese Army during the war. CHR pointed out that the 1987 Constitution prohibits the use of torture, force, violence, threat, and intimidation or any other means which vitiate free will; and mandates the compensation and rehabilitation of victims of torture or similar practices and their families.
“To a larger, nobler end, providing reparations to Filipina ‘comfort women’ pursues transitional justice, where large-scale and systematic human rights violations are addressed so that the nation and its people can move towards peace and reconciliation,” it added.
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