Opening Remarks

John Hamre, CSIS President and CEO

Hyundong Cho, Ambassador of the ROK to the US

Damon Wilson, NED President and CEO

Keynote Speech

Yung Ho Kim, Minister of Unification, Republic of Korea

Session One: 2024 Report on North Korean Human Rights and North Korea��s Reality

[Moderator]

Jung-Hoon Lee, Chair, North Korea Human Rights Promotion Committee of Ministry of Unification

[Panelist]

Soun Jin Kim, Chair, North Korea Human Rights Promotion Committee of Ministry of Unification

Michael Kirby, Former Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights in North Korea

Roberta Cohen, Former Deputy Director Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, Department of State

Elaine Pearson, Asia Director, Human Rights Watch

Session Two: Beyond COI: Efforts for Accountability

[Moderator]

Victor Cha, Korea Chair, CSIS

[Panelist]

Shin-wha Lee, Former Ambassador at large for international cooperation on North Korea human rights, ROK

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

Featured Session: North Korean Human Rights: Right to Know

[Moderator]

Jae-Chun Won, Professor, Handong Global University

[Panelist]

Ji Tae Yu, Actor, Film Director, MOU Ambassador on North Korean Human Rights

GumHyok Kim, Defector

Gyuri Kang, Defector

Session Three: On North Korean Human Rights in the UN Mechanism

[Moderator]

Andrew Yeo, SK-Korea Foundation Chair of the Brookings Institution

[Panelist]

Elizabeth Salmon, 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

Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea