Human Rights Education


Providing human rights education to youth and young people in Korea and abroad to raise human rights awareness across Asia.

Human Rights Academy


Delivering educational programs that enable university (graduate) students and the general public to easily learn about a wide range of human rights topics and engage in dialogue together. 


Human Rights Academy helps participants learn about and understand a wide range of human rights issues—such as UN human rights mechanisms, international development cooperation and human rights, and business and human rights—and, based on this foundation, develop human rights sensitivity and practical capacity for action. 

Human Rights Academy


Delivering educational programs that enable university (graduate) students and the general public to easily learn about a wide range of human rights topics and engage in dialogue together.

Human Rights Academy helps participants learn about and understand a wide range of human rights issues—such as UN human rights mechanisms, international development cooperation and human rights, and business and human rights—and, based on this foundation, develop human rights sensitivity and practical capacity for action. 

Program History

2025

Session 1: UN Human Rights: The Evolution of International Human Rights Norms and the UN Human Rights Mechanisms (Prof. Chang-rok Soh , Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University / Member, UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) / President, Human Asia)

Session 2: Freedom of Expression: Responsible Expression, a Free Society (Prof. Nam-guk Kim, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)

Session 3: Business and Human Rights: Global Corporations and Human Rights Due Diligence (Prof.Min-woo  Kim, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University / Director, Human Asia Center for Business and Human Rights)

Session 4: Poverty Eradication and Human Rights (Hye-soo Shin, Chair, UN Human Rights Policy Center)

Session 5: International Development Cooperation and Human Rights (Prof. Young-wan Kim, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sogang University / Private-Sector Expert, Consultative Body of MOFA Grant Aid-Related Agencies)

Session 6: North Korean Human Rights Activism from the Perspective of a Foreign Human Rights Activist (Joanna Hosaniak, Deputy Director, Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights / Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University)

2024

Session 1: Why Do Global Corporations Implement Business and Human Rights? (Prof. Min-woo Kim, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University / Director, Human Asia Center for Business and Human Rights)

Session 2: North Korean Human Rights as Told by Prof. Seong-ryeol Kim (Prof. Kim Seong-ryeol, Busan University of Foreign Studies)

2023

Session 1: Focusing on the Universality and Relativity of North Korean Human Rights (Prof. Seong-ryeol Kim, Busan University of Foreign Studies)