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July,2023
2023
July 2023, Published Research Paper <Kwanghyung Lee and In Su Kwak>, The Suryong Dictatorship Mechanism: Who Is Ultimately Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea? (Seoul: NK Watch, 2023).

July 2023, Held [Briefing for the International Community] Who Is Ultimately Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity? (Co-hosted by NDI)
July,2023
September,2021
2021
September 2021, Held Conference on International Advocacy to act to ensure accountability for North Korea’s human rights violations (Co-hosted by the Dutch Embassy in Korea)
September,2021
May,2020
2020
May 2020, Published Research Paper Kwanghyung Lee et al., Effects of International Advocacy toward Human Rights of North Korea (Seoul: NK Watch, 2020).
May,2020
December,2016
2016
December 2016, Filed Letter of Complaint on North Korea’s Crimes against Humanity to Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (Situation in the DPRK Crimes against Humanity including murder, torture, arbitrary detention, involuntary disappearance, OTP-CR-424/16)
December,2016
May,2014
2014
May 2014, Changed Organization Name to NK Watch
May,2014
April,2014
2014
April 2014-March 2019, Attended the Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, met with the Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups under the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
April,2014
December,2013
2013
December 2013-Now, Submission of Petitions Regarding North Korea’s Crimes against Humanity to Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups under the United Nations Human Rights Council
December,2013
December,2013
2013
December 2013, Inauguration of Executive Director Ahn Myeongchul
December,2013
January,2011
2011
January 2011, The Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights publishes 245 Prisoners of Political Prison Camps in North Korea: The Revolutionary Zone at Yodok Gwaliso No. 15 (Seoul: The Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights, 2011).
January,2011
December,2009
2009
December 2009, Press Conference Announcement by 100 North Korean victims of Crimes against Humanity Urging ICC Investigation
December,2009
October,2004
2004
October 2004, published The Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights Investigation Report (Seoul: Zeitgeist, 2004).
October,2004
December,2003
2003
December 2003, Organization Changes Name to (The Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights), registers as a nonprofit corporation under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Unification
December,2003
June,2003
2003
June 2003, The Founding of the Democracy Network against the North Korean Gulag
June,2003

NK Watch, a Civil Society Organization registered to the Ministry of Unification, was founded in 2003 by survivors of North Korean political prison camps.

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