Side-event during the 23rd Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Dec 4, 2024, 08:30-09:45 ECT, at World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands. Exploring New Opportunities for DPRK Accountability at the ICC and the ICJ Moderated by Elizabeth Atkinson of the Global Rights Compliance (GRC) ■ Panelists Mr. Lee Chul-eun, North Korean defector who has worked at the Wonsan Port Ministry of State Security in Kangwon Province from 2004 to 2006 and at the Information Bureau within the provincial Ministry of State Security in South Hwanghae Province from 2014 to 2016 Dr. Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, Legal Analyst, Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) Catriona Murdoch, Vice President, Global Rights Compliance Video Message from Rodney Dixon KC, Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers

전환기정의워킹그룹 (TJWG)와 연세대학교 국제학대학원은 '북한 강제실종 범죄대응' 국제회의 (2024년 6월 26일) 및 실무 워크샵 (2024년 6월 27일)을 연세대학교 국제학대학원에서 공동주최하였다. 2024년 6월 26일 국제회의 개회식 ■ MC: 수헤나 메흐라 전환기정의워킹그룹(TJWG) 재무 및 커뮤니케이션 매니저 ■ 개회사: 이영환 전환기정의워킹그룹(TJWG) 대표 ■ 환영사: 이정훈 연세대학교 국제학대학원장 ■ 축사: 권오곤 전 국제형사재판소(ICC) 당사국총회 의장 ■ 영상메시지: 줄리 터너 미국 국무부 북한인권특사 세션 1: 조사기록 - 다(多)출처 데이터의 통합과 애드보커시를 위한 시각화 ■ 발표 1: ‘강제실종사건 민간 데이터베이스 구축과 활용의 국제적 모범사례’ - 휴리독스(HURIDOCS) 발표자 베네딕트 살라자르 올가도 기록전문가 전혜빈 아시아태평양 프로그램담당관 ■ 발표 2: ‘북한 강제실종 범죄 조사의 시사점과 공개데이터베이스 "풋프린츠(Footprints) 2.0"' 전환기정의워킹그룹 강제실종조사 프로젝트팀 발표자 강정현 프로젝트매니저 박송아 조사기록담당관 ■ 발표 3: ‘지휘명령체계의 연결증거(linkage evidence) 생성과 시각화’ - 컬럼비아대학교 인권연구소 Security Force Monitor (SFM) 발표자 토니 윌슨 대표 니코 파라 선임기술컨설턴트 세션 2: 책임추궁 - 재판소와 진실위원회에서의 강제실종 사건 처리 ■ 좌장: 백범석 유엔 인권이사회 자문위원회 위원 ■ 발표 1: ‘국제재판소의 강제실종 범죄 재판’ - 민용준 유엔 국제형사재판 잔여업무처리기구(IRMCT) 법무관 ■ 발표 2: ‘국내재판소를 활용한 강제실종 범죄의 초국적 수사와 기소’ - 알렉산드라 레이보바 국제인권연맹(FIDH) 프로그램담당관 ■ 발표 3: ‘재판소와 진실위원회의 강제실종 사건 처리 시사점’ - 패트릭 볼 인권데이터분석그룹(HRDAG) 연구디렉터 세션 3: 제재조치 - 강제실종 범죄 대응 수단으로서의 표적제재 탐색 ■ 좌장: 박재적 연세대학교 국제학대학원 부교수 ■ 발표 1: ‘국제범죄와 중대한 인권침해에 대한 대응책으로서의 표적제재의 활용’ - 고명현 국가안보전략연구원(INSS) 책임연구위원 ■ 발표 2: ‘북한에 대한 제재 현황' - 김흔진 외교부 북핵정책과장 ■ 발표 3: ‘북한 강제실종 범죄에 대한 조사기록에서 표적제재 그리고 사법적 책임추궁까지’ - 신희석 전환기정의워킹그룹 애드보커시 국장 2024년 6월 26일 실무워크숍 ■ 조사기록 I: ‘조사기록: 데이터 구조’ - 베네딕트 살라자르 올가도 기록전문가 | 전혜빈 아시아태평양 프로그램담당관, 휴리독스(HURIDOCS) ■ 조사기록 II: ‘데이터 통합과 분석’ - 패트릭 볼 연구디렉터, 인권조사데이터그룹 (HRDAG) ■ 조사기록 III: ‘데이터 시각화’ - 토니 윌슨 대표 | 니코 파라 선임기술컨설턴트, 컬럼비아대학교 인권연구소 Security Force Monitor(SFM) ■ 책임추궁: ‘사법절차를 위한 사건 준비’ - 알렉산드라 레이보바 국제인권연맹(FIDH) 프로그램담당관 —------ 전환기정의워킹그룹(TJWG) 남북한, 미국, 영국, 캐나다 등 5개국 출신 인권운동가와 연구자들이 2014년 서울에 설립한 인권조사기록 단체입니다. 아직 억압적 체제로부터 전환이 일어나지 않았거나 무력분쟁 또는 독재로부터 전환된 사회 모두에서 대규모 인권침해에 대응하는 더 나은 방법을 개발하고, 피해자를 위한 정의를 옹호하는것을 목표로 활동하고 있습니다. 북한처럼 현장 접근이 제한된 곳의 인권침해를조사기록하고 지도로 상황을 시각화하는 데에 선구적인 역할을 하고 있습니다.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Workshop for Practitioners’ held on 27th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. ■ Documentation I: ‘Documentation: Data Structure’ by Benedict Salazar Olgado, Documentalist & Hyebin Bina Jeon, Programme Officer, Team Asia Pacific, HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Workshop for Practitioners’ held on 27th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. ■ Documentation III: ‘Data Visualization’ by Tony Wilson, Founder & Director and Niko Para, Senior Technical Consultant, Security Force Monitor (SFM) at the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Workshop for Practitioners’ held on 27th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. ■ Documentation II: ‘Data Integration and Analysis’ by Patrick Ball, Director of Research, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Workshop for Practitioners’ held on 27th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. ■ Accountability: ‘Case Preparation for Domestic Courts’ by Alexandra Leibova, Program Officer, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the International Conference on ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Documentation, Accountability and Sanctions’ held on 26th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. Opening Session ■ Master of Ceremonies, Suhena Mehra, Treasury and Communications Manager, Transitional Justice Working Group ■ Opening Remarks by Hubert Younghwan Lee, Executive Director, Transitional Justice Working Group ■ Welcoming Remarks by Professor Jung-hoon Lee, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University ■ Congratulatory Remarks by Judge O-Gon Kwon, Former President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ■ Video Message by Julie Turner, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Session 1: Documentation - Multi-source Data Integration and Visualization for Advocacy ■ Presentation 1: ‘Best CSO practices in database establishment and advocacy on enforced disappearances’ by HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) Speakers Benedict Salazar Olgado, Documentalist, HURIDOCS Hyebin Bina Jeon, Programme Officer, Team Asia Pacific, HURIDOCS ■ Presentation 2: ‘Findings from collecting information on North Korea’s enforced disappearance and the launch of the open database “Footprints 2.0”’ by Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) “Footprints” Project Team Speakers Jeonghyun Kang, Project Manager, TJWG April Song-Ah Park, Documentation Officer, TJWG ■ Presentation 3: ‘Creating and visualizing complex chain of command linkage evidence’ by Security Force Monitor (SFM) at the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute Speakers Tony Wilson, Founder and Director, SFM Niko Para Senior, Technical Consultant, SFM Session 2: Accountability - Enforced Disappearances in Courts and Truth Commissions ■ Moderator: Buhm-Suk Baek, Member of UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee ■ Presentation 1: ‘The crime of enforced disappearance in international courts’ by Yongjune Min, Legal Officer of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) ■ Presentation 2: ‘Transnational investigation and prosecution of enforced disappearances in domestic courts’ by Alexandra Leibova, Program Officer, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ■ Presentation 3: ‘Lessons learned from courts and truth commissions addressing enforced disappearances’ by Patrick Ball, Director of Research, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) Session 3: Sanctions - Targeted Sanctions for Enforced Disappearances ■ Moderator: Jae Jeok Park, Associate Professor of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University ■ Presentation 1: ‘The use of targeted sanctions to combat international crimes and grave human rights violations’ by Myong-Hyun Go, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS) ■ Presentation 2: ‘The existing regime of targeted sanctions against North Korea’ by Heunjin Kim, Director of North Korean Nuclear Affairs Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Republic of Korea ■ Presentation 3: ‘From documentation to targeted sanctions to judicial accountability for North Korea’s crime of enforced disappearance’ by Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, Advocacy Director, Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.

Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) and Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies co-hosted the ‘Combating North Korea’s Crime of Enforced Disappearance: Workshop for Practitioners’ held on 27th June, 2024 at Yonsei University, Seoul. ■ Documentation I: ‘Documentation: Data Structure’ by Benedict Salazar Olgado, Documentalist & Hyebin Bina Jeon, Programme Officer, Team Asia Pacific, HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems) ■ Documentation II: ‘Data Integration and Analysis’ by Patrick Ball, Director of Research, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) ■ Documentation III: ‘Data Visualization’ by Tony Wilson, Founder & Director and Niko Para, Senior Technical Consultant, Security Force Monitor (SFM) at the Columbia Law Human Rights Institute ■ Accountability: ‘Case Preparation for Domestic Courts’ by Alexandra Leibova, Program Officer, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) —------ Transitional Justice Working Group is a human rights documentation NGO established in Seoul in 2014 by human rights activists and researchers from five countries (South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada). The organization aims to develop the best practice to address mass human rights violations and to realize a victim-oriented approach and justice in societies that are making a transition from or have yet to make a transition from armed conflict or dictatorship. TJWG is a leading organization in documenting and mapping human rights violations in countries with limited physical access, such as North Korea.