TOP STORY: The Philippines 'violated the rights' of Filipino women who were sexually victimized by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II by failing to provide reparation, the UN women's rights committee ruled.
appealing to the body to “urge” the Philippines to “provide full and effective redress and reparation, including compensation, satisfaction, official apologies, and rehabilitative services.”
On Thursday, March 9, Virgie Suarez, one of the lawyers for the Malaya Lolas, called the decision a “landmark victory.”posted by the Malaya Lolas Facebook page. “The entire Mapanique suffered from brutal and horrific attack of the Japanese soldiers… killing all the men at gunpoint and burning their bodies in front of girls [aged] 9 to 14. Still not contented, some of the young girls were repeatedly raped. The young girls are now the Malaya Lolas,” said Suarez.
In the decades after, the women said that they dealt with long-term physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences. These included physical injuries, post-traumatic stress, permanent damage to their reproductive health, and harm to their social relationships in their communities, marriages, and work.
“Given the extreme severity of gender-based violence suffered by the victims, and the continuing discrimination against them regarding restitution, compensation, and rehabilitation, the committee concluded that the Philippines had breached its obligations under the convention,” the UN body said.
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