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🚨 Our new briefing paper on #Sexual and #Gender-based #Violence in the #DPRK penal system is now available online and freely accessible! Our paper highlights the conditions of women in detention and reveals the patterns specific to the #DPRK penal system. The findings speak for themselves: numerous states officials are directly responsible for, or involved in, these horrendous gendered harms. Drawing on more than ②⑤⓪ interviews conducted between 2021 and 2023, we offer valuable information on the widespread nature of #SGBV to fill in the gaps and guide efforts for human rights reinstatement. 한미래 | Korea Future is proud to inaugurate this series of thematic papers with #women's agenda and thankful for their like-minded partners such as the German Foreign Office. 🤝 https://lnkd.in/e34NrA3P

📣 Our #UPR Submissions are in! 📣 한미래 | Korea Future submitted not one, but two complementary stakeholders reports to the #UN Universal Periodic Review mechanism on the #DPRK for its upcoming cycle. (1) In our first report, we examine the widespread #violations of human rights committed across the penal system, while (2) In our second report, we join forces with @Eum Research Institute & @UNISEED to shed light on #SGBV and #Women's #Rights We are confident that these submissions will continue to establish the immediate and irrefutable need for international action and structural changes in the #DPRK society. 🔎 Take a closer look at our new contributions and tailored recommendations below https://lnkd.in/eQpnhEub

#Inspiring the next generation is also close to 한미래 | Korea Future's values and mission. 🗣 Last week, we had the pleasure to host students from the Universiteit Leiden Law Faculty Association in our #Seoul office. Our people shared valuable insights on being an investigator, the importance of human-centred approaches and how they relate to the pursuit of #accountability. This encounter was filled with rich exchanges, high engagement and promising perspectives. We wish them the very best in their future endeavours and trust that the great potential lying in #collaborative work will stay with them. 🔗 Find our full article below for more information: https://lnkd.in/e6z6Ftde

🕓 Two days ago, at the "Silent Suffering" event, our Head of Accountability presented on the role of DPRK’s penal system in perpetrating human rights violations beyond the well-known scope of political prison camps. Alongside prominent figures in the fight against impunity in the #DPRK, Hyeonsim Lee shared our findings and how the work of 한미래 | Korea Future fosters universal understanding of the situation, development of #accountability avenues, and #justice for the survivors. 🔎 Read our full article below on the takeaways of this event in Buenos Aires https://lnkd.in/ez9hZNRR

📌 Today, 한미래 | Korea Future is speaking at ‘Silent Suffering: Shedding Light on Human Rights in North Korea and Exploring the Way Forward’. Hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷, this event will allow us to address the human rights situation in the #DPRK penal system and examine accountability challenges and opportunities, 10 years after the #UNCOI mandate ended.

Significant victory for 한미래 | Korea Future in securing key amendments to this year’s #UNHRC resolution on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (#DPRK). The impact of these amendments is threefold: 👉 Comprehensive recognition of the DPRK's penal system 👉 Demand for halting human rights violations in the entire penal system 👉 Focus on sexual and gender-based violence (#SGBV) Read our full article to learn more about the recommendations and how they contribute to an accurate representation of the situation in the DPRK and effective #accountability. https://lnkd.in/ebYfAePS

📣 Our recent report, "The Accountability Imperative," articulates a strong argument for immediate action by the international community against human rights violations perpetrated within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (#DPRK) penal system. 💡 Based on our findings, accessible in our North Korean Prison Database, we demonstrate: → how incidents of torture and ill-treatment documented by our team constitute serious breaches of international law, and; → how they should be investigated and, where they amount to international crimes, prosecuted. #Accountability #HumanRights #InternationalCrimes https://lnkd.in/ey2NK_dg

Gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, and survivor-centred practices are at the heart of Korea Future's mission in documenting and preserving information. We were delighted to have shared conversations on ethical storytelling and the impact of our informed, sensitive documentation process on the survivors during our recent collaboration. https://lnkd.in/g3sd8A59