• Date: July 28, 2015, 2-4pm
• Venue: Conference Room, 19F, Korea Press Center
• Organizers: National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK), Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), SSK (Social Science Korea) Human Rights Forum, and Heart for Korea (HEKO)
• Sponsor: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

In collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, the SSK Human Rights Forum, and Heart for Korea, Transitional Justice Working Group held its third symposium on transitional justice issues for North Korea entitled “Transitional Justice Measures in Germany and Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea”. This symposium examined how the abuses of the Nazi Gestapo police force and East German Stasi intelligence agency have relevance to the pursuit of justice in North Korea. Key lessons from the German experience include how victims and perpetrators have been identified and what social and institutional reconciliation has been possible.

• MC: Sarah A. Son, Research Director of TJWG

■ OPENING SESSION
• Moderator: Seong-ryul An, Director of Human Rights Policy Division at NHRCK
• Welcoming Remarks: Hyun Byung-chul, Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
• Congratulatory Remarks: Choo Mi-ae, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

■ STRUCTURES AND LEGACIES OF POLICE ABUSES DURING THE NAZI AND EAST GERMAN PERIODS: PROMISING APPROACHES FOR NORTH KOREA IN TRANSITION
• Moderator: Seong-Phil Hong, President of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
• Presenter: Charles A. von Denkowski, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany
• Discussant: Sang-Bong Park, Head of German Reunification Research Institute

■ POLICY PRACTICES: LESSONS FROM EAST AND WEST GERMAN POLICE FORCE INTEGRATION
• Moderator: Sangdon Shim, Director-General of Policy, Education & International Affairs at NHRCK
• Presenter: Gi-Woong Son, Senior Research Fellow at Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
• Discussant: Jeong-Woo Koo, Associate Professor of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University

■ ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCES
Minju Kim, Director, HEKO Seoul Office
Scott Stevens, Communications and Administrative Director of TJWG