OPEN LETTER TO YOON – Raising the issue of POWs, abductees and detainees as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees during the 55th UN Human Rights Council (Feb 26-Apr 5, 2024)

February 26, 2024 President Yoon Suk-yeol CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho Justice Minister Park Sung-jae National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik Re: South Korea’s responsibility as a global pivotal state to raise the issues of prisoners of war (POWs), abductees and detainees as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees in the keynote speech, interactive dialogues and general debates and the side event during the 55th UN Human Rights Council (Feb 26-Apr 5, 2024) D...

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TJWG’S Submission to SR DPRK – Inputs re DPRK accountability

A Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Re: call for inputs concerning the progress in accountability for human rights violations in the DPRK for the Special Rapporteur’s report to the 55th Human Rights Council session in March 2024 February 14, 2024 This submission is public and may be quoted as required.   Contents          1. Introduction          2. An update to the COI report          3. Treaty bodies          4. Special procedur...

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OPEN LETTER TO YOON – co-penholdership of 2024 HRC DPRK resolution and strengthening its language

December 28, 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Foreign Minister Park Jin Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho Acting Justice Minister Lee Noh Kong National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik Re: South Korea’s responsibility as a global pivotal state to become a co-penholder of the North Korean human rights resolution to be adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in April 2024 and to strengthen the language therein concerning the issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as China’s forcible repatr...

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TJWG’S PETITION TO THE UN WGAD ON BEHALF OF CHINA’S NORTH KOREAN DEPORTEE KIM CHEOL-OK

PETITION TO: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLYF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION Chair-Rapporteur: Ms. Priya Gopalan (Malaysia) Vice-Chair on Communications: Dr. Matthew Gillett (New Zealand) Vice-Chair on Follow-Up: Dr. Ganna Yudkivska (Ukraine) Dr. Miriam Estrada-Castillo (Ecuador) Mr. Mumba Malila (Zambia) Established and its mandate extended and clarified pursuant to: the preamble and articles 1(3), 13(1)(b) and (2), 22, 55(3), 56, 62(2) and 68 of the Charter of the United Nations resolutions 1991/41, 1994/32, 1997/50, 2000/36, and ...

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OPEN LETTER TO YOON – The issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees during the state visits to the UK and the Netherlands

November 9, 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Foreign Minister Park Jin Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik Re: Discussion of the issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees during the state visits to the United Kingdom on November 20-23, 2023 and to the Netherlands on December 12-13, 2023 Dear President Yoon Suk-yeol, We ask that you publicly urge the resolution ...

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Declaracioìn conjunta_Adilur&Elan

Joint statement Bangladesh: Call for the release of two human rights defenders unjustly detained 72 human rights organisations stand in solidarity with Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, two prominent Bangladeshi human rights activists from the Odhikar group, after they were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment as retaliation for their human rights work. On 14 September 2023, Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, as well as a member of the OMCT General Assembly and FIDH Secretary General, and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, Director of Odhikar, were sentenced to ...

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Open letter to Xi Jinping re non-refoulement and refugee status for North Koreans – CN

2023年9月21日 国家主席习近平 中华人民共和国北京市 西城区府右街中南海西门 副本: 公安部长王小洪 中华人民共和国北京市 东城区东长安街14号 外交部长王毅 中华人民共和国北京市 朝阳区朝阳门南大街2號 主旨:中国政府强迫遣返朝鲜难民 尊敬的习近平主席: 我等特此致函针对恢复强迫遣返在中华人民共和国被捕的朝鲜人回到朝鲜民主主义人民共和国(简称朝鲜或北韩)表示关切,这一措施因新冠...

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Open letter on China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees

September 21, 2023 President Xi Jinping Zhongnanhai Ximen, Fuyou Street Xicheng District, Beijing 100017 People’s Republic of China CC: Wang Xiaohong Minister of Public Security No. 14, Donchang’anjie, Dongchengqu, Beijing, 100741 People’s Republic of China Wang Yi Foreign Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701 People’s Republic of China Re: China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees Dear President Xi Jinping, We are writing to ...

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Open letter on China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees

September 21, 2023 President Xi Jinping Zhongnanhai Ximen, Fuyou Street Xicheng District, Beijing 100017 People’s Republic of China CC: Wang Xiaohong Minister of Public Security No. 14, Donchang’anjie, Dongchengqu, Beijing, 100741 People’s Republic of China Wang Yi Foreign Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701 People’s Republic of China Re: China’s Forcible Repatriation of North Korean Refugees Dear President Xi Jinping, We are writing to ...

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Open letter to Yoon – UNGA ROK POWs, abductees & detainees

September 12, 2023 President Yoon Suk-yeol CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin Minister of Unification Kim Yung-ho Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup Re: Discussion of the issues of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea as well as China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees in the keynote address during the general debate of the 78th UN General Assembly on September 20, 2023 Dear President Yoon Suk-yeol, We ask that you publicly urge the ...

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