Previous Dialogues

  • Title

    2022 International Dialogue on North Korean Human Rights

  • Theme

    Key Issues and Future Challenges for North Korean Human Rights

  • Date

    14 December 2022

  • Venue

    Grand Ballroom, Swiss Grand Hotel, Seoul, South Korea

  • Host

  • Language

    Korean, English

14 December 2022 IDNKHR

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Grand Ballroom, Swiss Grand Hotel, Seoul, South Korea

  • 09:00 ~ 09:20

    Opening Remarks

    Youngse Kwon, Minister of Unification


    Congratulatory Remarks

    Ki-moon Ban, Former UN Secretary-General

  • 09:20 ~ 11:00

    Session 1

    Human Rights in North Korea: Issues and Challenges


    Session Chair

    Shin-wha Lee, Ambassador at large for International cooperation on North Korean Human Rights, ROK


    Panel

    Robert R. King, Former US Special Envoy for NKHR
    Gi-Wook Shin, Director, Walter H. Shorenstein APARC of Stanford University
    Jung Hoon Lee, Former Ambassador, International Cooperation on NKHR
    Victor Cha, Korea Chair of CHIS

  • 11:00 ~ 11:15

    Break Time

  • 11:15 ~ 12:45

    Session 2

    Human Rights in North Korea: Roles of Civil Society and International Cooperation


    Session Chair

    Shin-wha Lee, Ambassador at large for International cooperation on North Korean Human Rights, ROK


    Panel

    Eun Mee Kim, President of Ewha Womans University
    James Heenan Representative of UN OHCHR-Seoul
    Joanna Hosaniak, Deputy Director General of Citizens’ Alliance for NKHR
    Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of Committee for Human Rights in North Korea