About

Korea Future is a nonprofit organisation established in 2019 at the request of North Korean survivors. We collect, verify, and analyse evidence of violations of international law and attribute responsibility to individuals and institutions. We provide this material to governments and multilateral organisations for use in legal and accountability processes.

Board

Victoria Nida
Oliver Windridge
Mitra Motlagh

Selected Impact

European Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/2009 of 22 July 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

United Nations Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/RES/55/21), adopted on 4 April 2024

United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/RES/79/181), adopted on 17 December 2024

European Parliament resolution (2022/2620(RSP)), adopted on of 7 April 2022

Selected Press

07.2024
In een Noord-Koreaanse grensgevangenis krijg je dertig maïskorrels per dag, NRC

03.2024
Rapport legt 'systeem van massageweld' in gevangenissen Noord-Korea bloot, NOS

12.2023
In North Korea, torture awaits those deported from China, Deutsche Welle

03.2023
Torture, forced abortions and insects for food: Life inside North Korean jails, CNN

03.2023
Martelingen, hongersnood en seksueel geweld in gevangenissen Noord-Korea, De Telegraaf

03.2022
Beatings and forced abortions: Life in a North Korea prison, BBC

03.2022
Group identifies 600 alleged North Korean rights abusers, Al Jazeera

Selected Partners

Connect: North Korea
Embassy of Canada to the Republic of Korea
Embassy of the Netherlands to the Republic of Korea
Global Rights Compliance
Harvard Law School
Human Rights First
Improving North Korean Human Rights Center
Justice Rapid Response
KDB Future Strategy Research Institute
Korea Hana Foundation
Korea University
Korea Women's Associations United
Leiden University North Korean Defectors Mother and Disabled Support Association North Korean Human Rights Union
Open Society Justice Initiatives Redress
Seoul Women’s University
The Advocates for Human Rights
Tongil Moms’ Association
Tongilsomang
University of Amsterdam
University of Groningen
University of Pennsylvania
Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice