ASIA FOCUS - THE RECOGNITION OF THE “COMFORT WOMEN”, GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICT AND PATRIARCHY

Sexual slavery is defined as follows by Jean Fernand Laurent, special rapporteur to the United Nations in 1983 on the suppression of trafficking in human beings and the exploitation of the prostitution of others: "Like slavery in the usual sense, prostitution has an economic aspect. [...] », Magneron (2007) 2 Fernand-Laurent, Report of Jean Fernand-Laurent, Special Rapporteur on the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. [...] Will the "comfort women" who have not died manage to hear the Japanese government's apologies they have been waiting for all their lives? In addition, how can justice be served for those who have already disappeared? The current geopolitical context, with the war in Ukraine and the rise of extreme nationalism in the political arenas of most of the world's countries shows the importance of historic. [...] The movie, available in streaming, was more watched in Japan than in the rest of the world, showing the interest of the Japanese public for this unknown affair. [...] 5 REFERENCES • Fernand-Laurent, Report of Jean Fernand-Laurent, Special Rapporteur on the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.