Advancing counter-narratives of post-conflict justice using a human rights discourse: The “comfort women” social movement as a case study

In the 2007-08 academic year, with funding provided by a PLP student fellowship, CHEAH Wui Ling  completed a study of the complex issue of human sexual slavery that involved interviewing and consulting with legal professionals seeking war reparations and other forms of compensation (both domestically and internationally) for “comfort women” forced into sexual servitude by the Japanese military during World War II.  Read the paper

The Program’s student fellowship program is designed to enhance and contribute to student research at Harvard Law School.  The fellowships include access to the Program’s research resources, the opportunity to meet and discuss program-related research with faculty and peers, and financial support to enable upper-class students to conduct research and writing projects that otherwise would be cost-prohibitive.  For more information and to download the application, please visit the PLP website.