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Japan and South Korea remain divided over wartime sexual slavery issues, with Japan defending its past agreements and South Korea criticizing Japan's refusal to comply with court rulings for reparations, amid ongoing tensions and international scrutiny from UN investigators.
Japan has been ordered by a South Korean court to compensate the surviving families of "comfort women," who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. The court overturned a previous ruling based on sovereign immunity, stating that there is a common international law that does not recognize immunity for illegal acts. Japan, which claims the issue was settled under a 1965 treaty, criticized the ruling as "extremely regrettable and absolutely unacceptable."
UN-backed human rights experts have found evidence of crimes against humanity being committed against Libyans and migrants in Libya, including women being forced into sexual slavery. The European Union was also faulted for sending support to Libyan forces that contributed to crimes against migrants and Libyans. The investigators called on EU authorities to review their policies toward Libya. The report is based on interviews with hundreds of people, including migrants and witnesses, and wraps up a fact-finding mission created nearly three years ago to investigate rights violations and abuses in the North African country.