Events Leading up to the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal
1997
Oct 31-Nov 3	International Conference on Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations VAWW-NET International formed Tokyo
1998
January	VAWW-NET Japan formed Tokyo
April 8	NGO Forum on Armed Conflict VAWW-NET Japan presented plan for the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000 Geneva
April 15-17	VAWW-NET Japan proposed Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000 at the 5th Asian Solidarity Conference on "Comfort Women" Seoul
June 7	Symposium "Towards the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery" Tokyo
Dec 11	International Preparatory Meeting Tokyo
Dec 12	International Symposium " How to Hold a Women's Tribunal" Tokyo
1999
Feb 19	International Organizing Committee (IOC) formed Seoul
May 12	International Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting held during the Hague Peace Conference The Hague
June 4-5	Symposium " Women's International War Crimes Tribunal 2000 and the Issue of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery" and IOC meeting Seoul
Oct 3	IOC meeting Tokyo
Nov 12	IAC meeting Washington
Dec 11	International Research Conference Tokyo
Dec 12	International Symposium "How to Confront Wartime Sexual Violence- from the Past to the Present" Tokyo
2000
Jan 8	IAC meeting New York
Feb 19	Korea-Japan Students Exchange Conference Tokyo
Mar 30-Apr 1	International Symposium on Chinese Comfort Women and IOC meeting Shanghai
Apr 27-29	Students Tribunal Seoul
May 1-5	VAWW-NET Japan Delegation Visit to Pyongyang
May 14	VAWW-NET Japan and ASCENT meet with Indonesian women's groups Jakarta
June 5-10	Beijing Plus 5 Special Session of the UN General Assembly Symposium on "Comfort Women" and IAC meeting New York
July 7	Symposium "What Does it Mean to Prosecute?" Tokyo
July 28-31	Prosecutors' meeting and IOC meeting Manila
Spet 15-17	Prosecutors' meeting and IOC meeting Taipei
Oct 26-27	Judges' Meeting and IOC meeting The Hague