Appendices
National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016
B. Former Commissioners
Name
Profile
Term
• Chief Prosecutor, Jeonju and Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office
• 82th President, Seoul Bar Association
• 40th President, Korean Bar Association
• Co-representative, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
• Chair, the Committee for the Inspection of Property of Japan Collaborators
25 Nov. 2001 23 Dec. 2004
• Judge, Seoul District Criminal Court
• Human Rights Director and Commissioner, Korean Bar Association
• President, Lawyers for Democratic Society
• Standing Co-representative, Korea Human Rights Network
• Co-representative, People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
24 Dec. 2004 22 Mar. 2005
1st Chairperson
Kim, Chang-Guk
2nd Chairperson
Choi, Young-Do
3rd Chairperson
Cho, Young-Hwang
• Standing Director, Seoul Bar Association
• Lawyer in Charge of Maintaining Public Prosecution against Sexual Torture
Occurred at Bucheon Police Station
• Director, Anti-Corruption Committee, the Citizens´Coalition for Economic
Justice
• Judge, Goheunggun Court, Suncheon Branch of Gwangju District Court
• Chairperson, the Ombudsman of Korea
4 Apr. 2005 1 Oct. 2006
• Professor and Dean, College of Law, Seoul National University
• Visiting Professor, College of Law, University of Illinois
• 8th President, Korean Constitutional Law Association
• Vice-chairman, Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
(APF)
• Vice-chairman, International Coordinating Commission (ICC)
30 Oct. 2006 5 Jul. 2009
4th Chairperson
Ahn, Kyong-Whan
• Dean, College of Law, Hanyang University
• Director, Administration Department, Hanyang University
• Secretary General and Vice-president, the Korea Law Professors Association
• President, Korea Association of Comparative Private Law
• Director, Graduate School of Public Administration, Hanyang University
• Dean, Hanyang Cyber University
5th and 6th Chairperson
Hyun, Byung-Chul
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17 Jul. 2009 12 Aug. 2015
* Consecutive nomination:
13 Aug. 2012