標題:‘Comfort women’ deal with Seoul under fire from U.N. committee
新聞來源: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201603080058
March 08, 2016
GENEVA--A key U.N. panel has concluded that the much-touted agreement between
Japan and South Korea on the "comfort women" issue does not go nearly far
enough.
The accord, reached in December, was intended to resolve the issue that had
been a major headache in bilateral relations once and for all.
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
issued a report March 7 on its conclusions about what Japan has done to
tackle discrimination against women.
The CEDAW is one of the 10 human rights treaty bodies that monitor the
implementation of the core international human rights treaties.
It called on Tokyo to consider the perspective of the comfort women in
implementing measures to support them.
Comfort women refer to those who were forced to provide sex to the Japanese
military before and during World War II.
One page or so of the 14-page report dealt exclusively with the comfort women
issue and in much greater detail than in its previous report, issued in 2009.
The latest report called on Japan to "recognize the right of victims to a
remedy, and accordingly provide full and effective redress and reparation."
The observations also touched upon recent comments about responsibility for
the comfort women issue made by political leaders and other officials, as
well as the agreement reached in December which the two nations described as
a "final and irreversible resolution" of the issue.
However, the report said the agreement "did not fully adopt a victim-centered
approach." It went on to call on Tokyo to take sufficient consideration of
the views of the victims in implementing the agreement.
In a March 7 news conference held to explain the findings of the report,
Ismat Jahan, an expert member of the CEDAW from Bangladesh, spoke on behalf
of the committee and said that the concluding observations meant the
committee did not consider the comfort women issue to be resolved.
She added that the views of the former comfort women should be taken into
greater consideration in moving toward a final resolution of the issue.
While taking note of the efforts made by Tokyo to reach the December
agreement, the report asked Japan to "ensure that its leaders and public
officials desist from making disparaging statements regarding responsibility,
which have the effect of retraumatizing victims."
JAPAN TAKES UMBRAGE
Government officials were quick to take issue with the U.N. committee's
report.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said at a March 8 news conference, "That's a
real shame as it (the panel's reaction) diverges greatly from the reception
of the international community."
At his own news conference the same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide
Suga said the government had filed a protest against the U.N. panel report.
"The conclusions in the report did not adequately reflect the comments made
by Japan," Suga said. "The Japanese delegation in Geneva issued a strong
statement expressing extreme regret."
Kishida emphasized that the international response was favorable to the
December agreement reached with South Korea.
"Not only did the leaders of the two governments confirm it, but it was also
welcomed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as well as many nations, such
as the United States and Britain."
In its report, the U.N. panel called on Japan to take "due account of the
views of the victims and survivors" and "ensure their rights to truth,
justice and reparations."
(This article was written by Ichiro Matsuo and Takashi Kida.)
[簡譯]
聯合國的消除婦女歧視委員會(The CEDAW, 婦女歧視委員會是聯合國人權實踐協議的一個
重要的組成部分)7日發表一份報告，報告指出日本去年底與首爾達成的慰安婦協議"遠遠不
夠"。這項協議看起來就只想把日對韓的關係一勞永逸式地解決。報告提到日本對首爾的
協議並未採取受害者為主的協議路徑，因此持續呼籲日本政府對此採取充分的考慮。
日本外務省大臣岸田文雄對此份報告的回應：這對於國際社會的接受而言是一件恥辱。日
本官房長菅 義偉則同日回應：日本政府已經準備好對抗聯合國的這份報告，報告並未反
映日本代表團的意見，日本代表團感到萬分的遺憾。
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