Please join this webinar hosted by Women Cross DMZ and Korea Peace Now! on December 9 at 4pm ET, titled “Peace and Human Rights in North Korea: An Argument For Ending the War.” This event will grapple with the intersection of human rights and peace in the context of US-North Korea relations and the role of the unended Korean War.
 
The event will feature introductory remarks from Sr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea. Women Cross DMZ Executive Director Christine Ahn will facilitate a panel discussion with Elizabeth Beavers, a national security and human rights attorney and advocate, and Su-mi Jeon, a South Korean human rights lawyer. The webinar will include an opportunity for audience Q&A.
 
After nearly 70 years, the Korean War still has not officially ended. But when discussions of a peace agreement to end the war arise, a key question often emerges: but what about human rights? In this event, the speakers will reflect on this question and discuss their perspectives on how peace and human rights can reinforce one another when it comes to North Korea.
 
This critical conversation will take place the same week as International Human Rights Day, and will serve as an important opportunity to mark the day by discussing how to change the failed status quo on the Korean peninsula.