Open letter to President Lee - ROK death penalty abolition

July 9, 2025 South Korea’s abolition of the death penalty Dear Mr. President, We renew our call for your newly elected government, following the grave ...

Open letter to Lee UNGA80 NKHR resolution

October 28, 2025 Re: 2025 North Korean human rights resolution to be adopted at the 80th United Nations General Assembly Dear President Lee Jae-myung, ...

Request for communications and press release to UN experts on the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War

A request for allegation letter (AL) and press release for the unrepatriated South Korean (ROK; Republic of Korea) prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian abductees in ...

유엔 인종차별철폐협약 한국 국가보고서 심의에 대한 국가인권위원회 독립보고서에서의 탈북자 강제송환금지 등 언급 촉구 공동서한

2025년 3월 24일 내용: 유엔 인종차별철폐협약 한국 국가보고서 심의에 대한 국가인권위원회 독립보고서에서의 탈북자 ...

Joint letter urging respect for the free will of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) wishing to go to South Korea

March 11, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 11 Bankova Street 01220, Kyiv Ukraine Re: North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) wishing to go to ...

Joint statement - Discussion of the issues of prisoners of war (POWs), abductees and detainees and China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees as well as respect for the free will of North Korean POWs during the 55th UN Human Rights Council

Joint statement calling for discussion of the issues of prisoners of war (POWs), abductees and detainees and China’s forcible repatriation of North Korean ...

Joint letter urging condemnation of North Korea in the draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression to be proposed at the 58th UN Human Rights Council

February 24, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 11 Bankova Street 01220, Kyiv Ukraine Re: Condemnation of North Korea in the draft resolution ...

Joint statement - NK HR ambassador & HRC58 NK resolution

Joint statement calling for speedy appointment of the ROK ambassador at large for international cooperation on North Korea human rights and the urging of ...

Open letter to President Zelenskyy - Non-refoulement of captured North Korean soldiers, non-disclosure of their individual identity and criminal investigation of atrocities against North Korean soldiers

January 23, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 11 Bankova Street 01220, Kyiv Ukraine Re: Non-refoulement of captured North Korean soldiers, non-dis...

Joint Open Letter to the UN Security Council Member States

December 5, 2022 Re: Open Discussion of North Korean Human Rights in the Official Agenda of the UN Security Council Dear Ambassador, We are writing to urge ...

Open letter to the soldiers of the Korean People’s Army mobilized for Russia’s unjustifiable war of aggression

로씨야의 명분 없는 침략전쟁에 동원된 조선인민군 장병들에게 보내는 공개서한 Open letter to the soldiers of the Korean People’s ...

4,000th day missionary Kim Jung-wook's arbitrary detention in North Korea

Urgent appeal calling for the immediate release and return of three South Korean missionaries detained in North Korea on the 4,000th day of pastor Kim Jung-Wook’s ...

[80+ Rights Groups] CALL FOR JOINT ACTION TO STOP DRUG-RELATED EXECUTIONS IN IRAN (April 10, 2024)

The Seoul-based Transitional Justice Working group (TJWG) and 83 Iranian and international organisations and groups have called for joint action to stop drug-re...

Vietnam: Open Letter–Apple urged to address climate justice concerns in the country

More than 60 human rights and environmental organisations from around the world, issued on April 11, 2024 a pressing call to Apple’s leadership team and Board ...

Joint Statement in Support of Progress toward a Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

The undersigned organizations and individuals — with representation from multiple geographic regions — express our support for a global convention on crimes ...

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 ...