Presenter: 
Robert Collins
Author, Pyongyang Republic: North Korea's Capital of Human Rights Denial

Moderator: 
Nicholas Eberstadt
Board Member, HRNK
Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, AEI

Discussants: 
Helen-Louise Hunter
Board Member and Executive Committee, HRNK

David S. Maxwell
Board Member, HRNK
Associate Director, Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program,
​Georgetown University

Greg Scarlatoiu
Executive Director, HRNK
​

The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) is pleased to invite you to the launch of our new report, “Pyongyang Republic: North Korea’s Capital of Human Rights Denial,” by Robert Collins. The report launch will be co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), from 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Tuesday, February 9, 2016: AEI, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Lunch will be served.

“Pyongyang Republic” is a comprehensive study of North Korea’s capital city and the overwhelmingly dominant role it plays within North Korea’s political system. Four years after the publication of his seminal HRNK report “Marked for Life: Songbun, North Korea’s Social Classification System,” Collins delivers another groundbreaking report, guaranteed to be instrumental in better comprehending the dynamics of the North Korean regime. Grasping the inner workings of the North Korean regime is key to implementing effective sanctions and other measures aimed to put an end to North Korea’s human rights violations and to counter threats to international peace and security posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons, long-range ballistic missiles, and military provocations. “Pyongyang Republic” also enhances understanding of the chain of command, mechanisms, and lines of responsibility behind the crimes against humanity and other egregious human rights violations perpetrated by the North Korean regime. According to the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK, such “crimes against humanity are ongoing” in North Korea “because the policies, institutions and patterns of impunity that lie at their heart remain in place.” 

If you plan on attending, please RSVP by COB Friday, February 5, by emailing Rosa Park, HRNK Director of Programs: [email protected].