This conference was co-hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea, and Human Asia. To watch a recording of the livestream, click the play button above or click on this link.
About the Event
On July 23, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted the 2024 International Dialogue on North Korean Human Rights.
This conference brought together scholars, experts, and officials to share the reality of North Korean human rights with the international community and to expand international solidarity for improving human rights in North Korea as 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of publishing the report titled “Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea” by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) on North Korean Human Rights.
The conference featured remarks from Minister Yung Ho Kim, Ministry of Unification (TBC), Dr. John Hamre, CSIS President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, Mr. Damon Wilson, President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and Ambassador Hyun Dong Cho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States.
About the Speakers
John J. Hamre (Opening Remarks), President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Damon Wilson (Opening Remarks), President and CEO, National Endowment for Democracy
Ambassador Hyundong Cho (Opening Remarks), Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
Yung Ho Kim, Minister of Unification, Republic of Korea (TBC)
Soun Jin Kim, Director General, Center for North Korean Human Rights Record
Michael Kirby, Former Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights in North Korea
Yong-Ho Thae, Former Member of National Assembly
Elaine Pearson, Asia Director, Human Rights Watch
Jung Hoon Lee, Chair, North Korea Human Rights Promotion Committee of Ministry of Unification
Shin-wha Lee, Ambassador at large for international cooperation on North Korea human rights, Republic of Korea
Morse Tan, Former Ambassador at Large for the US State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice
Yohei Suda, Attorney, Law Office of Yohei Suda
Kongdan (Katy) Oh, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Free Korean Association in the USA
Victor Cha, Senior Vice President for Asia and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University
Ji Tae You, Actor / MOU Ambassador on North Korean Human Rights
Gum Hyok Kim, Defector
Gyuri Kang, Defector
Jae-Chun Won,Professor, Handong Global University
Elizabeth Salmón, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK
Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Member of UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Heisoo Shin,Former Vice-Chair of UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Andrew Yeo, Senior Fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair, Brookings Institution; Professor of Politics; The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
