CHR seeks full reparation for comfort women

By Macon Ramos-Araneta

THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday appealed to the government to provide full indemnification and and seek apology from the Japanese government for the suffering inflicted by Japanese soldiers on Filipinas who were made as sex slaves, also called “comfort women,” during World War II.

Meanwhile, Senator Risa Hontiveros filed a resolution urging the government to ensure “just and meaningful reparations to Filipino comfort women and their families.”

The CHR made the appeal in light of the recent remarks by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Dis-