Joint Letter to Speaker Pelosi: China’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in violation of international human right law
August 2, 2022
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
ATTN: Dan Bernal, District Chief of Staff
Re: China’s forced repatriation of North Korean refugees in violation of international human right law
Dear Madam Speaker,
We welcome the visit of a Congressional delegation under your leadership to South Korea (ROK) to advance our shared interests and values, including peace and security, economic growth and trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, human rights and democratic governance in the Indo-P...
Open Letter to President Moon Jae-In urging co-sponsorship of the resolution on North Korea’s Human Rights situation at the 49th UN Human Rights Council
CC. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, Foreign Affairs Minister Chung Eui-yong, Unification Minister Lee In-young
Dear President Moon Jae-in,
We are writing on behalf of 30 non-governmental organizations and coalitions, and five individuals from 6 different countries to urge your government to engage fully with the international community, and act in response to the dire human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) by resuming South Korea’s co-sponsorship of the annual resolution on the matter at the 49th UN Human Rights Council.
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Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: OHCHR report on grave human rights violations in Xinjiang can wait no longer
8 March 2022
Madam High Commissioner,
We, the undersigned human rights organisations, write to follow up on your commitment last year to release a report on grave ongoing human rights violations by Chinese authorities targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (the Uyghur region). The release of the report without further delay is essential – to send a message to victims and perpetrators alike that no state, no matter how powerful, is above international law or the robust independent scrutiny of your Office.
As you ...
Joint Letter to South Korea’s National Assembly Calling For the Immediate Passage of a Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law
December 20, 2021
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/12/20/joint-letter-south-koreas-national-assembly-calling-immediate-passage-comprehensive
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
1 Uisadang-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07233
Republic of Korea
Re: Protect marginalized groups in South Korea
Dear members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and other members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea:
On behalf of the 30 signatory organizations to this letter, we are writing to urge you to immediately pass a comprehensive anti discri...
UN PETITION CONCERNING THE SONG YOUNG-GIL AMENDMENT TO THE INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTH KOREAN INFORMATION GAG LAW)
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
30 December 2020
Re: The Song Young-Gil Amendment to the Inter-Korean Relations Development Act (North Korean information gag law) passed by South Korea’s National ...
DPRK’s Capture and Summary Execution of Mr. Lee Dae-Jun for COVID-19 Prevention on 22 September 2020
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
18 October 2020
Re: Communication and press release for North Korea (DPRK)’s ...
Joint open letter concerning the UN General Assembly’s 2020 resolution on North Korean Human Rights
October 14, 2020
Josep Borrell Fontelles
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
European External Action Service
1046 Brussels, Belgium
Re: Joint open letter concerning the UN General Assembly’s 2020 resolution on North Korean Human Rights
Your Excellency,
We are writing on behalf of 37 non-governmental organizations, coalitions, and concerned individuals from 7 different countries worldwide to urge the European Union to make every effort to highlight the on-going ...
Joint open letter to the UN General Assembly concerning the resolution on the situation of human rights in North Korea to be adopted at its 75th session
October 14, 2020
Re:Â Joint open letter to the UN General Assembly concerning the resolution on the situation of human rights in North Korea to be adopted at its 75th session
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Your Excellency,
We are writing on behalf of 37 non-governmental organizations, coalitions, and concerned individuals from 7 different countries worldwide to urge the UN General Assembly to make every effort to highlight the on-going systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations, including those that amount to crimes against humanity, and appropriate actions to be taken by ...
TJWG’s petition to the UN WGAD on behalf of South Korean POW Han Man-Taek
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
8-14, avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
6 August 2020
Re: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China – Mr. Han Man-Taek, a Republic of Korea national, continuously deprived of his personal liberty following his capture in combat as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Korean War (1950-1953)
Esteemed members of the Working Group,
We hereby wish to submit to the Working Group for its ...
DPRK Public Threats and ROK Revoking Incorporation of NK Groups as Juristic Persons
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office ...