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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 High Representative Kaja Kallas - DPRK human rights resolution for the 58th UN Human Rights Council

February 4, 2025 High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP) Kaja ...

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 ...

OPEN LETTER TO YOON – RAISING THE ISSUES OF NORTH KOREAN ESCAPEES AND VIETNAM WAR-ERA PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) AT VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEWS (UPRS) ON MAY 7 AND 8

April 30, 2024 President Yoon Suk-yeol CC. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho Justice Minister ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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-C...

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 ...