Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights

The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights "is, a non-profit, non-governmental, non-religious human rights organization founded by human rights activists, intellectuals and North Korean defectors in May 1996."

• Joanna Hosaniak - Senior Programs Officer (June 2004~present)

Directors

Accessed April 2008:

• Benjamin H. Yoon
• Woo Yoon
• Eun-Bum Choe
• Seong-Phil Hong
• Man-Ho Heo
• In-Jin Yoon
• Kiyoung Lee
• Heung Soon Park
• Yun Sook Park
• Jae-Chun Won
• Changrok Soh
• Young-Ja Kim

Conferences

"Since 1999, the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights has organized the International Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees across the continents in Seoul, Tokyo, Prague, Warsaw, Bergen and London."

Coorganizers of these conference include:

• 1999 - Chosun Ilbo
• 2000 - Ewha Legal Science Institute
• 2002 - Working Committee in Japan
• 2003 - People in Need Foundation
• 2004 - Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
• 2005 - Korean Society for Human Rights Law, Yonsei GSIS, Handong International Law School, Sogang GSIS, Korea GSIS, Ewha GSIS and Sookmyung GSIS
• 2006 - Norway Rafto Human Rights House
• 2008 - Chatham House

Contact

Web: http://eng.nkhumanrights.or.kr