NHRCK Hosted the 2026 Human Rights Defenders Conference
- Current Issues and Future Directions of Human Rights Education Discussed in Commemoration of the Opening of the National Human Rights Education Institute -
□ The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (Chairperson Ahn Chang-ho; hereinafter "NHRCK") hosted the <2026 Human Rights Defenders Conference> over two days, commencing at 1:00 PM on September 3, 2026, at Hotel Purmir in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do.
□ Marking its ninth session this year, the Human Rights Defenders Conference was held in Gyeonggi-do for the first time to commemorate the opening of the National Human Rights Education Institute. To strengthen communication and solidarity with local human rights defenders, approximately 120 participants gathered, including human rights activists from across the nation, members of local governments' human rights bodies, municipal human rights officers, offices of education officials, staff from university human rights centers, and NHRCK personnel.
□ The conference covered the following programs:
- Exploring New Directions in Human Rights Education for Human Rights Defenders;
- Current Status and Strategies for Advancing School Human Rights Education;
- Current Status and Strategies for Advancing Human Rights Education in the Civic Sphere;
- Excursion to Yungneung and Geonneung Royal Tombs;
- Strengthening the Role and Future Direction of the National Human Rights Education Institute as a Dedicated Human Rights Education Institution; and
- Facility Tour of the National Human Rights Education Institute.
□ The NHRCK hopes this conference served as a meaningful platform to reinforce solidarity, exchange, cooperation, and communication with human rights defenders across the nation.
