Maintaining Focus on North Korea Human Rights Violations Panel 1

A year ago, the UN Commission of Inquiry condemned the North Korea government for “systemic, widespread, and gross violations of human rights” of such a monumental scale as to constitute crimes against humanity. The commission report shocked and energized the international community to action on North Korean human rights abuses.

But what can be done to maintain U.S. and U.N. focus on improving conditions for the North Korean people? Join us as distinguished panels of North Korean defectors and human rights experts discuss potential follow-on actions.

Panel 1 – North Korean Defectors Highlight Abuses

Kim Seong-min, Founder and Director, Free North Korea Radio

Choi Jeong-hun, Commander, North Korea People's Liberation Front

Lee So-yeon, Representative, New Korea Women's Alliance

Park Kun-ha, Representative, North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity

Moderated by

Suzanne Scholte

Chair, North Korea Freedom Coalition, and President, Defense Forum Foundation

Panel 2 – Policy Recommendations for the United States

Jared Genser, Managing Director, Perseus Strategies, and Founder, Freedom Now

Roberta Cohen, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and Co-Chair, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Lee Sung-yoon, Professor in Korean Studies, The Fletcher School , Tufts University

Moderated by

Bruce Klingner

Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation