Public and private events held by EAHRNK aim to fulfil our mission to support and inform policies that lead to the improvement of human rights in North Korea in three ways: providing practical policy advice, providing informed opinions, and raising awareness across Europe on the key issues affecting North Koreans.

Our public events are a facet of EAHRNK's North Korean Memoirs project, which is a platform for North Korean people to share their unedited and unframed voices. Through targeted on- and offline events, North Korean Memoirs works to build awareness and correct understanding of the complexity and roots of the human rights situation in North Korea. These events also help build bridges of understanding between North Koreans and Westerners. Such a platform will help empower North Koreans by creating the conditions to give them a legitimate voice beyond the surveillance of the system, which has been all too often missing in non-Korean language settings.

We work alongside North Korean refugees and non-governmental organisations to encourage a wide discussion. We have held numerous North Korean Memoirs events - ‘Forced Labour in North Korea’, ‘The Trafficking of North Korean Women’, and ‘Disability Rights’ – as well as other events with partner organisations.

Our private events are closed-door meetings focused at European policymakers. We give them the opportunity to speak with North Korean exiles directly in order to create change in policy towards the DPRK, which is then supported by EAHRNK's research and policy work.

Please see the scroll bar on the right for more information on our upcoming events.