Resources

South Korea Public Opinion Survey* (April 11-14, 2022)

‘위안부’ 문제 해결에 관한 국민 여론조사 (2022년 4월 11일-14일)

*conducted by Embrain

  • 78.5% support resolution through UN Convention Against Torture

  • 83.2% support survivor- or victim-centered resolution

  • 68.4% support re-negotiation of so-called "2015 Joint Announcement"

  • 78.5% 유엔 고문방지협약(CAT) 회부를 통한 지지

  • 83.2%가 피해자 중심해결 지지

  • 68.4%가 12.28 합의 재협상 지지

Press Release (보도자료)

Supporting Attachments (첨부자료), including Survivors' Statements

20220420 ICJ 추진위 보도자료.docx
20220420 ICJ 추진위 보도자료 첨부파일.docx

Survey Questionnaire (조사 설문지 )

Survey Results

(조사 결과물)

Final Report

(결과 보고서)

위안부 문제 해결 시민 인식 조사 및 정책 건의 근거 마련 조사_설문지.docx
위안부 문제 해결 시민 인식 조사 및 정책 건의 근거 마련 조사 결과물.xls
위안부 문제 해결 시민 인식 조사 및 정책 건의 근거 마련 조사 보고서.pdf

Petition to UN Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups on Human Rights (March 17, 2022)

FULLY COMPILED PETITION WITH APPENDICES

Open Letter to SRs and WGs

COMPILED Open Letter to UN HR experts_Refer CW issue to CAT inter-state procedure_(2022-03-17).pdf
Open Letter to UN HR experts_Refer CW issue to CAT inter-state procedure_(Lee 2022-03-17).pdf

Appendix 1 - Letters and statements on behalf of survivors of Japan's military sexual slavery

Appendix 1_Survivor letters.pdf

Appendix 2 - Japan's denial of historical facts regarding "comfort women" on Foreign Ministry website

Appendix 2_Japan MOFA website.pdf

Appendix 3 - Japan's non-implementation of the (Korean) "comfort women" survivors' seven (7) demands

Appendix 4 - South Korean court ruling and order for compensation for crimes against humanity committed by Japan

Appendix 3_Japan’s non-implementation of the 7 demands_(Lee 2022-03-17).pdf
Appendix 4_The South Korean court decision ordering compensation_(Lee 2022-03-17).pdf

Appendix 5 - Survivor (Grandma) Lee Yong-soo's public plea to South Korea and Japan for joint referral to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Appendix 6 - Survivor (Grandma) Lee Yong-soo's appeal to initiate inter-state procedure under UN Convention Against Torture (CAT)

Appendix 5_Lee Yong-Soo appeal for joint referral to ICJ_(Lee 2022-03-17).pdf
Appendix 6_Lee Yong-Soo appeal to institute CAT inter-state procedure_(Lee 2022-03-17).pdf

Handwritten Letter by Lee Yong-soo to President Moon (January 3, 2022)

LYS Letter re CAT referral Jan 2022.docx

Statements of Support by Korean Survivors (delivered to President Moon on January 25, 2022)

House of Sharing residents:

  • Kang Il-chul

  • Park Ok-seon

  • Lee Ok-seon (born 1928)

  • Lee Ok-seon (born 1930)

  • Park Pilgeun

Statement by Lee Yong-soo to South Korean President Moon Jae-in (October 26, 2021)

102621 Statement by Survivor Lee Yong-soo to President Moon Jae-in.docx
이용수 할머니의 호소문 2021-10-26.docx

Letter from AAPI Representatives to US President Biden (May 13, 2021)

Letter to President Biden re Human Rights and Comfort Women (May 13, 2021).pdf

Letter from Lee Yong-soo to Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide (April 14, 2021)

2021-04-14 스가 요시히데 총리 앞 서한_KR.docx
2021-04-14 스가 요시히데 총리 앞 서한_JA.docx

Special Agreement regarding Referral of "Comfort Women" Issues to the ICJ (proposed March 3, 2021)

Draft ICJ Special Agreement 2021-03-03.docx
ICJ 특별협정 초안 2021-03-03.docx

Statement by Lee Yong-soo to South Korean President Moon Jae-in (February 17, 2021)

Lee Yong-soo Statement.docx
이용수 할머니 호소문 2021-02-16.docx