Who we are

HRBB is composed of people with a unique combination of experience and expertise, especially suited for its mission and work.

Dr. Kyung-eun Lee

Director

Director of Amnesty International Korea (2018~2020),
Research Professor of Korea University Human Rights Center (2017~2018),
Board Member of the Korean Association for Human Rights Studies (2019~2020)
Fellow of Henry L. Stimson Center (Washington D.C.) (2018)
Served in the Korean government from 1995 to 2017
Deputy Secretary for Overseas Communications for President Roh Moo-hyun from 2006 to 2007 and directors in the Ministry of Health and Welfare from 2009 to 2017
PhD Disseration: International Legal Protection of the Rights of the Child in Intercountry Adoption

General Manager

Over 16-years of experience in Korean civil society
Former special advisor to International Child Rights Center and head of the UPR Child Rights Network of Korea
Co-founder of TRACK (Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea)
TRACK representative in various international networks including Universal Birth Registration Working Group, Child Rights Connect, and Make Mothers Matter
Former steering committee member of Adoptee Solidarity Korea
MSc. Childhood Studies from the University of Edinburgh

Attorney

Attorney of SALIM Law Office
Experience in litigations for victims of domestic abuse, sexual harassment, office bullying; represented refugees, asylum-seekers and multicultural families, and brought cases against companies for the protection of data security and privacy rights
National Human Rights Commission human rights counselor (2019~2020)
Korea Pearl Buck Foundation Advisory Attorney (2017~Present), Migrant Center Friends Advisory Attorney (2019~Present)
Admitted to Bar, Korea, 2013
Judicial Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2013)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B. 2011)