• Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act

    Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. House of Representatives

    I thank the Committee for its invitation to testify on the implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, re-authorized in 2008. I represent, as Executive Director, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, a bi-partisan, Washington-based research and advocacy organization devoted to the advancement of the human rights of the people […]

  • Human Rights in North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities

    House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights

    Please see the video gallery for a live recording of the hearing. Good afternoon, Chairman Smith, Mr. Payne, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today about the human rights situation in North Korea, as that country prepares for a second hereditary transmission of top leadership, and about […]