Crimes Against Humanity

Litigation involving systematic wartime sexual slavery and forced mobilization during World War II.

The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)
  1. The Retrial Request Case (Comfort Women Compensation Retrial)
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-12 (Supreme Court ruling on the retrial request filed on 2026-02-03))
  3. Original Case: 再審請求事件 (재심청구 사건)
  4. Key Figures: Lee Yong-soo and five other surviving Korean "comfort women" (Retrial Applicants); The State of Japan (Respondent)
  5. Case Tags: Sexual Slavery;War Crimes;Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity
Damages Claim Appeal (Korean Forced Laborers v. Japan)
  1. Damages Claim Appeal (Korean Forced Laborers v. Japan)
  2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2026-05-20)
  3. Original Case: 損害賠償請求控訴事件 (Songai Baishō Seikyū Kōso Jiken)
  4. Key Figures: Plaintiffs: South Korean forced labor survivors and bereaved families; Defendants: Japanese Government and Nippon Steel Corporation
  5. Case Tags: State Immunity;Forced Labor;Crimes Against Humanity;War Reparations