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SUMMARY:Avoiding Scrutiny and Monitoring: North Korea's Protectors at the UN
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by HRNK Co-Chair Emeritus Roberta Cohen \nPresenters: \nDr. Rana Siu Inboden\nAdjunct Assistant Professor\, LBJ School of Public Affairs\nDistinguished Scholar\, Strauss Center for International Security and Law \nNorth Korea and Authoritarian Collaboration in the United Nations: The Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Process \nThe report Dr. Inboden will feature examines ways that North Korea benefits from protection in the UN human rights system. In particular\, it examines patterns where other authoritarian countries shield North Korea from human rights criticism during the UN’s Universal Periodic Review process by offering praise for the North Korean government\, even in the face of severe human rights violations. It shows that jointly North Korea and other countries\, such as China\, blunt the effectiveness of external human rights scrutiny and monitoring. The North Korean regime and its allies frequently band together in multilateral bodies to shield each other from international human rights pressure. This is particularly evident during the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). During all three of North Korea’s UPR sessions before the Human Rights Council (HRC)\, a number of its backers not only defended it but even applauded North Korea’s record.  The most active countries shielding North Korea were China\, Cuba\, and Venezuela\, but they were also joined by Syria\, Belarus\, Russia\, Vietnam\, Iran\, and Burundi. \nGreg Scarlatoiu\nExecutive Director\, HRNK \nNorth Korea and Authoritarian Collaboration in the United Nations: The ECOSOC NGO Committee \nThe report Executive Director Scarlatoiu will feature examines the role of the ECOSOC NGO Committee as “gatekeeper” of international civil society access\, based on HRNK’s direct experience with the process. On April 17\, 2018\, the 54 member UN Economic and Social Council took action on a resolution to grant UN consultative status to the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). The resolution passed with 29 votes in favor\, 6 against\, and 13 abstentions. Six ECOSOC member states were absent. Belarus\, China\, Russian Federation\, South Africa\, Venezuela and Vietnam voted against. This victory for the North Korean human rights cause was the result of a long and grueling struggle to overcome opposition by UN ECOSOC NGO Committee protectors of North Korea. Previously\, ECOSOC NGO Committee members Burundi\, China\, Cuba\, Iran\, Nicaragua\, Pakistan\, the Russian Federation\, South Africa\, and Venezuela had voted against granting HRNK consultative status.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/avoiding-scrutiny-and-monitoring-north-koreas-protectors-at-the-un/
LOCATION:DACOR Bacon House 1801 F St\, NW\, Washington DC 20006\, United States
CATEGORIES:HRNK Events
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SUMMARY:Never Forgotten: South Korean POWs Held in North Korea
DESCRIPTION:This event will begin with a screening of the documentary Abandoned Heroes No. 43 from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. \nThe screening will be followed by a panel discussion\, featuring: \nMr. Seon-Woo Lee\nPOW in North Korea from 1953 to 2006\, when he escaped to South Korea \nLt. Gen. Wallace “Chip” Gregson\, Jr. (USMC\, Retired)\nPresident\, WC Gregson & Associates\nFormer Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs \nMs. Hee-Eun Kim\nFounder\, President & CEO\, Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS) \nCol. David Maxwell (U.S. Army\, Retired)\nBoard Member\, HRNK\nSenior Fellow\, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) \nDr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. (USMC\, Retired)\nProfessor\, Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice\, Angelo State University \nRemarks by the speakers will be followed by a Q&A session. The panel discussion will be moderated by HRNK Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu.
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/never-forgotten-south-korean-pows-held-in-north-korea/
LOCATION:DACOR Bacon House 1801 F St\, NW\, Washington DC 20006\, United States
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SUMMARY:Report Findings: Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity in North Korean Detention Centers
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nOn June 27\, 2022\, following an exhaustive multi-year Inquiry\, HRNK and the International Bar Association (IBA) launched in Washington\, D.C. a report entitled “Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity in North Korean Detention Centers.” The Inquiry\, chaired by four renowned international judges–including the former Presidents of the ICC and the Rwanda Tribunal\, as well as judges who served on the criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Cambodia–concluded that crimes against humanity have been\, and continue to be\, committed in North Korea’s pre-trial detention centers\, holding centers\, and labor training camps. \nRemarks by: \nNavanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay (Inquiry Chair)\n– Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President\, Rwanda Tribunal; Former Judge\, International Criminal Court (ICC) \nSilvia Fernández de Gurmendi\n– President\, Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC; Former President\, ICC \nWolfgang Schomburg\n– Former Judge\, Rwanda and Former Yugoslavia Tribunals \nGreg Kehoe\n– Former Co-Chair\, IBA War Crimes Committee; Partner\, Greenberg Traurig \nNawi Ukabiala\n– Pro Bono Counsel\, Debevoise & Plimpton\, LLP \nRoberta Cohen\n– Former Co-Chair\, HRNK; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights \nDavid Tolbert\n– Former Deputy Chief Prosecutor\, Former Yugoslavia Tribunal; Former Exec. Dir.\, Int’l Center for Transitional Justice
URL:https://www.hrnk.org/event/report-findings-inquiry-on-crimes-against-humanity-in-north-korean-detention-centers/
LOCATION:National Press Club\, First Amendment Lounge\, Washington\, D.C.\, United States
CATEGORIES:HRNK Events
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