former comfort woman Lee Yong-soo hands letter to President Moon Jae-in on the 25th ... "I want you to send it to CAT"

Lee Yong-soo, a survivor of comfort women and a human rights activist, visited the presidential office on the 25th and asked President Moon Jae-in and Mrs. Kim Jung-sook about the comfort women issue. Hand over a letter that encourages the resolution.

The former International Court of Justice (ICJ) Circulation Promotion Committee, led by Lee Yong-soo, insists that the comfort women issue be resolved through the United Nations Convention against Torture (CAT). During this day's visit, Lee Yong-soo will also hand over the signatures of the five former comfort women who agree with this idea.

Prior to this, Mr. Lee Yong-soo will visit Cheong Wa Dae on the 14th to meet with President Pan Jung-gyun, the chief of civil society, and ask President Moon Jae-in to answer the CAT procedure before Lunar New Year. The visit at that time was private.

In the letter released today, "I have seen many presidents, but the one who practices giving priority to people was our President Moon Jae-in. I want you to decide to go."

Lee Yong-soo argued that Japan was exempt from sovereignty over the Korean court's decision on prostitutes, and when he revealed a policy dissatisfied with it, he insisted that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirm this. However, the transfer to the ICJ requires the consent of the two governments, and it is difficult to achieve it only by the Korean government's own will. For this reason, Lee Yong-soo and the former Comfort Women Issue ICJ Circulation Promotion Committee have insisted that this be confirmed through the coordination procedure by the CAT's interstate notification. CAT is a implementation supervisory body of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, which was created to end torture and ill-treatment, and is a member of both Japan and South Korea, and is initiated by the notification of either one.