Reconciliation within the Frame of International Law and Feminist Perspectives

Unlike law that seeks to determine the legality of behaviors, feminists endeavor to ask whose voices remain un/heard. This is because the voices of the weaker, the poorer, and the have-nots are usually unheard in 'objective' law. Regarding the 'present' conflicts between Korea and Japan that stem from Japan's annexation of Korea, international law seeks to determine the legality of the annexation; accordingly Japan's position is that her predatory behavior was within then-existing international law. International law back then however was not signed onto by most weaker states and the law was unilaterally applied to rationalize the predatory behaviors of stronger states, in which neither were heard the voices of weaker states nor conflicts formulated. In this regard, feminist perspectives suggest that when dealing with conflicts between unequal states in that era, international justice is realized when the law pursues the voices of the unheard, rather than legality.