[Opening Session] Combating North Korea's Crime of Enforced Disappearance

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the International Conference on ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Documentation, Accountability and Sanctions’ held on 26th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. Opening Session
■ Master of Ceremonies, Suhena Mehra, Treasury and Communications Manager, Transitional Justice Working Group
■ Opening Remarks by Hubert Younghwan Lee, Executive Director, Transitional Justice Working Group
■ Welcoming Remarks by Professor Jung-hoon Lee, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University
■ Congratulatory Remarks by Judge O-Gon Kwon, Former President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
■ Video Message by Julie Turner, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues
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Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.