HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW

This paper discusses national and international responses to female migration and aims to "expose ways in which the legal regulation of migration reproduces and exacerbates the social and cultural inequalities that disempower female migrants." The authors conclude that although the international system has paid little attention to the particular needs of foreign female household workers, the law still has the potential to protect the rights of migrant workers. Recently, international law has begun to turn its attention to the violence directed at female migrant workers.

This article describes Japan's jugun ianfu ("comfort women") scheme and presents Japan's wartime acts in light of international human rights and humanitarian law. Focusing mainly on rape and slavery, the authors argue that these acts were in violation of then-existing customary international law. They show that the right to compensation following such violations is a fundamental principle of international law. The paper also describes the German compensation programs as a viable compensation scheme and discusses the initiatives presently before the United Nations to address these violations.