May
July
May 4
May 17
• Chairperson’s statement on
the 100th Children's Day
• Chairperson’s statement on
the International Day Against
Homophobia, Transphobia,
and Biphobia
May 8
• Chairperson’s statement
urging prompt enactment
of the Equality Act (AntiDiscrimination Act)
September
July 1
July 16
September 14
September 27
• Inauguration ceremony of
the establishment of Military
Human Rights Protection
Officer
• Campaign for enactment of
the Equality Act
• International symposium
on improving the
immigration detention
system
• Visit to Hanawon
Settlement Support Center
for North Korean defectors
May 18
July 1
September 26
• Site visit to the Korean
diaspora community
• C
hairperson’s statement on a
military death incident
• Chairperson’s statement
on the movement to
repeal local human rights
ordinances
May 11
• Chairperson’s statement
on the concluding
observations of the United
Nations Committee on
the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities regarding
combined second and third
periodic reports
November 22
• Visit to the Hwaseong
Foreigner Protection Center
August
• International conference on
the draft UN Convention on
the Rights of Older Persons
August 26
June
August 18
June 15
• Visit to a single-parent family
welfare facility
• Chairperson’s statement on
the Elder Abuse Prevention
Day and World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day
June 10
June 20
• Visit to Daejeon Veterans
Hospital in commemoration
of the Month of Patriots and
Veterans
• Chairperson’s statement on
World Refugee Day
• Chairperson’s statement
welcoming the
recommendations for
the recovery of victims of
the past by the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission
August 30
August 19
• Visit to promote the rights of
older persons
• Meeting with the UN Special
Rapporteur on human rights
situation in North Korea
June 23
August 31
August 23-24
• 2nd National Conference on
the Rights of Migrants
• Symposium on the state of
information rights in the era
of AI and contentious issues
November 29
• Visit to the April 16 Memorial
Foundation for Democratic
Citizenship Education
October
October 11
October 26
• Chairperson’s statement
on the 20th World Day
Against the Death Penalty
• Chairperson’s statement
welcoming the
decision of the Truth
and Reconciliation
Commission regarding
the Seon-gam Academy
incident
November 24
• Award ceremony for the
Human Rights Artwork Contest
December
October 12
• Visit to facilities and
transitional housing for
people with disabilities
October 31 November 1
• Human Rights Advocates
Conference
• First-half meeting of the
GANHRI Working Group on
Ageing
• Celebrating the 21st anniversary
of the Commission through
volunteer work in distributing
briquettes to Guryong Village
• Exhibition “Reading the
November 28
Paintings of People with
Mental Disabilities: Looking at • Chairperson’s statement
on the announced revised
the Times”
curriculum
November 23
May 31
• Meeting with the United
Nations Special Rapporteur
on the promotion of
truth, justice, reparation,
and guarantees of nonrecurrence
November 4
• Chairperson’s statement on
the Itaewon tragedy
November 25
• Work agreement system
established with the Korea
Institute of Criminology
June 13
November
October 20
December 9
December 21
• Commemoration of
Human Rights Day 2022
• Hosting of a symposium on
promoting sustainable sports
rights
2023
• North Korean Human
Rights International
Conference
December 12
• Welcoming the ratification
of the UN Convention on
Enforced Disappearances
December 20
• Chairperson’s statement on
the UN General Assembly
resolution on North Korean
human rights
December 29
• Visit to the Ganghwa
Island Marine Corps for
encouragement