2018 Democracy Award Recipient: Transitional Justice Working Group
The Seoul-based non-profit Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) was founded in September 2014 to collect, document and visualize evidence of crimes against humanity in North Korea to support the ongoing effort to hold perpetrators accountable, and to bring victims’ needs and rights to mainstream awareness. Additionally, TJWG works on capacity building projects for Korean civil society.
*Represented by Hubert Younghwan Lee and Sehyek Oh
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Hubert Younghwan Lee
Sehyek Oh
2018 Democracy Award Recipients
UNIFICATION MEDIA GROUP
UMG aims to provide residents of North Korea with credible, timely news and information, while reporting to the international community uncensored news from within the country.
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WORKING GROUP
TJWG collects, documents and visualizes evidence of crimes against humanity in North Korea to support the ongoing effort to hold perpetrators accountable, and to bring victims’ needs and rights to mainstream awareness.
CITIZENS ALLIANCE FOR NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
NKHR is the world’s first and oldest NGO devoted fully to the advancement of North Korean human rights.
NOW ACTION & UNITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
NAUH has been working to improve human rights conditions in North Korea and achieve a unified Korean Peninsula.