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On 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.

Remarks by:

Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay (Inquiry Chair)
– Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President, Rwanda Tribunal; Former Judge, International Criminal Court (ICC)

Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi
– President, Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC; Former President, ICC

Wolfgang Schomburg
– Former Judge, Rwanda and Former Yugoslavia Tribunals

Greg Kehoe
– Former Co-Chair, IBA War Crimes Committee; Partner, Greenberg Traurig

Nawi Ukabiala
– Pro Bono Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP

Roberta Cohen
– Former Co-Chair, HRNK; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights

David Tolbert
– Former Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Former Yugoslavia Tribunal; Former Exec. Dir., Int’l Center for Transitional Justice