The article discusses the global human rights
movement of comfort women, who suffered
serious abuses by the Japan during WWII. The
movement demands that Japan publically
apologize and provide reparation for the acts
committed. The article discusses the human
rights strategy used by the movement to
advance its claims and focuses on how this
strategy can serve as a lesson to other
similarly situated groups. The author
compares the people-centric paradigm of
post-conflict justice put forth by the
movement with the state-centric paradigm
employed by Japan.