Civilian Protection in Wartime and Resolution of Civilian Abduction During the Korean War

2015 KWAFU International Conference on Civilian Protection in the Wartime and Resolution of Civilian Abduction during the Korean War

┃Date & Time┃November 30, 2015 (Monday), 9:30-17:00
┃Venue┃9F, Seoul Global Center
┃Organizer┃Korean War Abductees’ Family Union (KWAFU)
┃Sponsor┃National Committee on Investigating Abductions during the Korean War, under the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
┃Partners┃Transitional Justice Mission (TJM) and Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)

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CIVILIAN PROTECTION IN THE WARTIME AND RESOLUTION OF CIVILIAN ABDUCTION DURING THE KOREAN WAR

• Date: November 30, 2015 (Monday), 9:30-17:00
• Venue: 9F, Seoul Global Center
• Organizer: Korean War Abductees’ Family Union (KWAFU)
• Partners: Transitional Justice Mission (TJM), Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)
• Sponsor: National Committee on Investigating Abductions during the Korean War under Prime Minister Office, Republic of Korea

■ OPENING

– Moderated by Hubert Younghwan Lee, Chief Director of Transitional Justice Working Group

• Opening Remarks
Lee Mi-il, President of Korean War Abductees’ Family Union

• Congratulatory Remarks
Hong Yong-pyo, Minister of Unification, ROK
Signe Poulsen, Representative of the UN Human Rights Office in Seoul

• Keynote Speech
Suk-woo Kim, Former Vice-Minister of Unification, ROK

■ SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR CIVILIAN PROTECTION IN THE WARTIME

– Moderated by Kim Suk-woo, Former Vice-Minister of Unification, ROK

• Presentations
EVOLUTION AND REINFORCEMENT OF CIVILIAN PROTECTION IN GENEVA CONVENTIONS
Kushtrim Palushi, Attorney at Law in Kosovo

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE AND ABDUCTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Christian Gilberto Gonzales Chacon, Attorney at Law in Guatemala

• Discussion
David Mundy, Professor at Handong International Law School
Kyung-mo Kang, Attorney at Law and TJWG Research Fellow

■ SESSION 2: CIVILIAN ABDUCTION DURING THE KOREAN WAR

– Moderated by Suk-woo Kim, Former Vice-Minister of Unification, ROK

• Presentations
THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR: THE SOUTH KOREAN CIVILIAN ABDUCTEES
Young-jo Lee, Professor of Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies at Kyung Hee University

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW BASED APPROACH ON CIVILIAN ABDUCTION BY NORTH KOREA DURING THE KOREAN WAR
Seong-ho Jhe, Professor at Chung-Ang University Law School

AN ANALYSIS ON KOREAN WAR ABDUCTION BY NORTH KOREA IN LIGHT OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
Miyoung Kim, Director of Transitional Justice Mission

• Discussion
Kwang-soo Kim, Professor at Korea Military Academy
Kyung-ok Do, Research Fellow at Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
Fred Ross, Professor at Handong International Law School

■ SESSION 3: INTERNATIONAL CASES AND RESOLUTIONS

– Moderated by Suk-woo Kim, Former Vice-Minister of Unification, ROK

• Case Presentations
POLAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE
Kyu-nam Kim, Researcher at Institute of International Relations, Warsaw University

CAMBODIA
Kyung-mo Kang, Attorney at Law and TJWG Research Fellow

KOSOVO AND BALKAN PENINSULA
Kushtrim Palushi, Attorney at Law in Kosovo

GUATEMALA AND LATIN AMERICA
Christian Gilberto Gonzalez Chacon, Attorney at Law in Guatemala

• Discussion
HOW TO RESOLVE THE CIVILIAN ABDUCTION BY NORTH KOREA DURING THE KOREAN WAR
All presenters and commentators
Chan-il An, North Korean Defector and Head of the World Institute for North Korean Studies
Seong-min Kim, North Korean Defector and Representative of Free North Korea Radio
Sarah A. Son, Research Director of Transitional Justice Working Group