伪满时期日伪审讯英美战俘评析

Abstract

Humanitarianism for prisoners of war is a good example for development of humanities from primitive time to a civilized society and the international law also covers it. However, Japan commits anti-humanity abuse to American and British prisoners of war in China during Manchukuo. This section is intend to inform about the harm of insulting human right and expect not to reoccur of these problems by analyzing the brutalities in illegal interrogating committed by Japan during Manchukuo. Prisoners during pre-modern times received inhuman treatments such as being killed or doing forced labor. At the end of 19th century international society established a series of treaty for soldiers to change their fate and not taking futile damages, following by the efforts of making international law being equipped. For example, there are rules in the Geneva Conventions that declares a protection and treatment for prisoners not to give any abuse or insult for both parties. Although most countries follow the Geneva Conventions, Japan was not follow the terms because, they said, of their military objects the conventions even though they join the Geneva Conventions. During Manchukuo, Japan built ‘Bongcheon concentration camp’ and they put the prisoners from America, England, and Australia. The camp accommodated about 1,500 of prisoners at average and over 2,000 prisoners at its peak.1. Japan has desired to acquire information by conducting surveillance and enforcing punishment to prisoners. Prisoner’s right was nowhere in the concentration camps so they cannot even think about the freedom. Because Japan knew that they have been contravening the international conventions, they thoroughly secure the information about their deeds. Moreover, Japan has desired to acquire information from prisoners, so the interrogation process became inhumane. 2. Japan has compelled arbitrary labor to prisoners over forcing cruel treatment and assault. Prisoners could not receive any security. Cruel treatment and assault occurred frequently when prisoners became unpleasant to Japanese military officers. Furthermore, Japanese military officers enjoyed them. 3. Japan has created particular rules and abused them as a criminal and regulatory sanctions. There were “rules” for their own in concentration camps and Japanese use it to enact treatments to prisoners without any legal process. In conclusion, there were no human rights and humanitarianism at Japanese concentration camps and the history obviously proves that Japan’s every act was against the international law and conventions.