The San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Problems Regarding Japan’s Exemption from Blame for the Colonization of Korea
The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty was the one and only international opportunity that would have allowed demanding for Japan’s responsibility of the colonization of Korea. However, the United States did not demand of such to be done. Soon, Korea and Japan resumed their diplomatic relationship and...
| Published in: | Cultural and religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2018
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-50 |
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Protectorate Treaty of November 1905
B James Garner B Manley O. Hudson B William T. Stead B Harvard Draft Convention on the Law of Treaties B Francis Rey B International Peace activists in 1900s B The Second Hague Peace Conference |
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| Summary: | The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty was the one and only international opportunity that would have allowed demanding for Japan’s responsibility of the colonization of Korea. However, the United States did not demand of such to be done. Soon, Korea and Japan resumed their diplomatic relationship and had their first summit in 1952. After numerous negotiations, finally in 1965, the "Korea-Japan Treaty" was agreed upon. Even in this treaty, the interpretation of the colonization was different for both countries and ultimately resulted as an unresolved issue. This is because of the Japanese dependence to the San Francisco Peace Treaty. On the other hand, the League of Nations, founded in 1920, believed that the systematization of international law was vital to keeping international peace. Therefore, they put much effort in and successfully carried out the codification of international law. The "Report on the law of Treaties" which was completed in 1935, noted that the "1905 Protectorate Treaty", which was the ultimate treaty that led to Korea being annexed by the Japanese, was one of the three treaties that had no effective standing. This decision was carried out to the International Law Commission of the United Nations in 1963 and became a Resolution after being submitted to the General Assembly in the end of the same year. Using the decisions of the League of Nations and the United Nations as evidence, this paper critically reviews the San Francisco Peace Treaty’s lack of reviewing the Japanese responsibility of the colonization of Korea. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2018.01.002 |