Open letter to PM Trudeau – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
May 16, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Canada
CC. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly
Global Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A0G2
Canada
Re: Discussion of joint international efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea at the summit with South Korea on May 17, 2023
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
For the past 70 years, North Korea has refused to repatriate an estimated 50,000 South Korean POWs (prisoners of war) and 100,000 ...
Open letter to Chancellor Scholz – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
May 16, 2023
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Bundeskanzleramt
Willy-Brandt-Straße 1
10557 Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
CC. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
Auswärtiges Amt
11013 Berlin
Federal Republic of Germany
Re: Discussion of joint international efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea at the summit with South Korea on May 21, 2023
Dear Chancellor Scholz,
For the past 70 years, North Korea has refused to repatriate an estimated 50,000 South Korean POWs (prisoners of war) and 100,000 civilian ...
Open letter to EU President von der Leyen – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
May 16, 2023
European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen
European Commission
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
CC. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) Josep Borrell Fontelles
European Commission
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
Re: Discussion of joint international efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea at the summit with South Korea on May 22, 2023
Dear President ...
Open letter to President Yoon – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
May 16, 2023
President Yoon Suk-yeol
22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383
Republic of Korea
E-mail: president@president.go.kr
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Office for Government Policy Coordination / Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Government Complex-Sejong
261 Dasom-ro, Sejong-si 30107
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 44 200 2144
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
60 Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03172
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 2 2100 7934 / 7965 / 7967
Unification Minister Kwon Young-se
Ministry of Unification
209 Sejong-d...
Open letter to President Yoon – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
April 20, 2023
President Yoon Suk-yeol
22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383
Republic of Korea
E-mail: president@president.go.kr
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Office for Government Policy Coordination / Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Government Complex-Sejong
261 Dasom-ro, Sejong-si 30107
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 44 200 2144
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
60 Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03172
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 2 2100 7934 / 7965 / 7967
Unification Minister Kwon Young-se
Ministry of Unification
209 Sejong...
Open letter to President Biden – Joint diplomatic efforts for ROK POWs, abductees and detainees
April 20, 2023
President Joseph R. Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
United States of America
ATTN: Adam Farrar, Director for the Korean Peninsula and Mongolia, National Security Council
CC. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
United States of America
ATTN: Suzy George, Chief of Staff of the Department of State
Re: Discussion of leading joint international efforts to resolve the issue of South Korean POWs, abductees and detainees in North Korea at the summit on April 26, 2023
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Open letter to President Yoon – South Korea’s abolition of the death penalty
March 27, 2023
Yoon Suk-yeol
President of the Republic of Korea
CC.    Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Jin-Pyo;
President of the Constitutional Court Yoo Nam-seok;
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo;
Foreign Minister Park Jin; and
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon
Re: South Korea’s abolition of the death penalty
Dear Mr. President,
During South Korea’s fourth cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 26, 2023, 31 countries[1] made recommendations concerning the abolition of the death penalty and/or the ratification of the Second Optional ...
Open letter to President Yoon – Enforced Disappearance Convention ratification
January 11, 2023
Yoon Suk-yeol
President of the Republic of Korea
22, Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04383
Republic of Korea
E-mail: president@president.go.kr
CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
Office for Government Policy Coordination / Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Government Complex-Sejong
261 Dasom-ro, Sejong-si 30107
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 44 200 2144
Foreign Minister Park Jin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
60 Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03172
Republic of Korea
Fax: +82 2 2100 7934 / 7965 / 7967
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon
Ministry of ...
Joint open letter to Special Rapporteur DPRK Elizabeth Salmón urging measures to ensure Accountability for North Korean crimes against humanity
August 29, 2022
Ms. Elizabeth Salmón
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
By email: hrc-sr-dprk@un.org
RE: Urgent measures to ensure justice and accountability for North Korea’s crimes against humanity
Dear Ms. Salmón
We welcome your historic appointment as the fourth, and first woman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the start of this month as well as your expeditious first official visit to South Korea beginning on 29 August ...
Joint Letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The failure to appoint a Representative, OHCHR Seoul for two years since July 2020
August 11, 2022
H.E. Mr. António Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General
New York, NY 10017
By email
ATTN:
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General
Re: The failure to appoint a Representative, OHCHR Seoul for two years since July 2020
Your Excellency,
On 21 March 2013, the Human Rights Council in resolution 22/13 decided to establish a commission ...