Ongoing

The Memorial to Comfort Women, with a woman sitting down, covered in fresh flowers with explanatory papers and plaques in front.
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Statue of Peace in Berlin

Germany

By Contested Histories Initiative • May 2021

Memorial Ongoing Sexual Violence #224

The ‘Statue of Peace’ in Berlin-Moabit commemorates ‘comfort women’, a euphemism for women who were sexually enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The memorial urges historical justice and reconciliation. After its unveiling in September 2020, the installation drew criticism from Japanese officials. Although the Berlin-Mitte district… Read More

Statue in Peru of circles of pebbles in the middle of park with hunched figure in centre.
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The Eye that Cries Memorial in Lima

Peru

By Contested Histories Initiative • May 2021

#123 Memorial Ongoing Other

The Eye that Cries commemorates all victims of Peru’s two-decade-long internal conflict, regardless of political affiliation. In 2006, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held in the Miguel Castro-Castro Prison v. Peru case that the names of 42 murdered Shining Path members, widely considered to be perpetrators in the conflict,… Read More