Tuesday 14 March 2023 @ 13:30 - 15:00 CET

ECR MEP Michiel Hoogeveen and EPP MEP Lukas Mandl, together with The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) are hosting a side-event on "Investigating DPRK Human Rights, Ten Years after the UN COI: Satellite Imagery, Lines of Responsibility, Accountability".

This side event aims to draw attention to the worsening human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as the deepening rift between the degrading human security situation of North Koreans and the continued obstinate focusing of resources not on the people, but on the development and testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The event intends to emphasize the importance of continuing to address DPRK human rights, ten years after the establishment of the UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

Where: Strasbourg WEISS S2.2

You can watch the event live here.

Agenda

Welcoming Remarks:

MEP Michiel Hoogeveen

Part 1: “DPRK Human Rights, Ten Years after the UN COI: Past, Present, Future”

Moderator: MEP Michiel Hoogeveen

• Pierre Rigoulot, French historian and author of “The Aquariums of Pyongyang”
• Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, HRNK

Part 2: “Witnesses to Inhumanity: Satellite Imagery, Lines of Responsibility, Accountability”

Moderator: MEP Lukas Mandl

• Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., HRNK Senior Advisor (via live video link)
• Robert Collins, HRNK Senior Advisor and Author
• Jung Gwang-il, Chairman, NoChain for North Korea and survivor, Political Prison Camp No. 15 Yoduk
• Two former North Korean women prisoners, Reeducation through Forced Labor Camp No. 12 Jongori

Part 3: Q&A Session

Moderator: MEP Michiel Hoogeveen

Concluding Remarks:

MEP Lukas Mandl