MAY 15 (THU)

Sessions marked with * are only available to invited participants and officials.

All times are in Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).


Opening Ceremony


OPENING REMARKS
KANG Gi-jung Mayor, Gwangju Metropolitan City
CONGRATULATORY
REMARKS
SHIN Sujeong Chairperson, Gwangju Metropolitan Council
LEE Jeong-seon Superintendent, Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education
KEYNOTE SPEECH
SUH Sung Endowed-Chair Professor, Woosuk University
Gwangju, Rising as “City of Resistance”

Peace and Solidarity:
Human Rights Cities Acting for Conflict Prevention
and Peacebuilding


MODERATOR
SHIN Hyung-sik Director, The Institute for Popular Sovereignty
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
CHOE Jaechun Professor,  Ewha Womans University
The Solidarity of Homo Symbious: Conscience and Deliberation
DISCUSSANTS
Francis Daehoon Lee Director of the Trans-Education for Peace Institute (TEPI), PEACEMOMO
Peace Problem in Korean Society: Issues and Alternatives
James Heenan Representative, UN Human Rights Office, Seoul
The Human Rights Foundations for Peace: the case of DPRK
Christoph Heuser Resident Representative, Friedrich-Eber-Stiftung Korea Office
Farhana Binte Jigar Farina Organizer in the Central Committee, Bangladesh Democratic Student Council
Roadmap for solidarity to peace in Bangladesh


Human Rights Tour I 

Walk in the footsteps of May-exploring May 18 Democratization Movement

Course: Chonnam National University > May 18th National Cemetery > Memorial Hall, May 18th National Cemetery >

Portrait Enshrinement Hall > KDJ Center


Social Economy

Social and Solidarity Economy Responses and Strategic Approaches for Human Rights Cities


MODERATOR
CHO Yoonhyung Professor, Department of Business Administration, Chosun University 
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
KIM Changjin Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Sungkonghoe University
Solidarity Beyond Violence: Social Economy and Human Rights Cities 
SPEAKERS
CHO Sungchan Research Director, Academy of Northeast Asian Studies Hananuri
Models of transboundary cooperation through Social and Solidarity Economy: Europe and the case of the Tumen River Basin
KIM Sunhwa Chairperson, Korea Fair Trade Towns Steering Committee
Peace and Solidarity in Fairtrade: The Case for Solidarity in Asia
DISCUSSANTS
MIN Hyunjeong Research Fellow, Gwangju Institute
Policy Options for Structural Inclusion of the Social Economy in Human Rights Cities
HAN Soojeong Representative Director, Beautiful Coffee Foundation
Role and Challenges of Social and Solidarity Economy for Community Resilience in Conflict-Affected Areas
CHO Sunjoo Representative, Sufeegreen Cooperative
Solidarity Across Borders: Present and Future of International Cooperation Among Social Economy Organizations
ORGANIZER
Gwangju Support Center for Social Economy

Gwangju Human Rights Education Organization Network Workshop*


ORGANIZER
Gwangju Metropolitan City

Gwangju Citizen Action Group for 

Human Rights Workshop*


ORGANIZER
Gwangju Citizen Action Group for Human Rights Inkkotjigi

CineTalk

Director, Lee Kyungho Alone

Human Rights Film Alone - Screening and Talk with Director Kyungho Lee


ORGANIZERS
Gwangju International Center, Gwangju Women's Film Festival

Korean Local Government Ombudsmen Commission Workshop*


ORGANIZER
Gwangju Metropolitan City

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WHRCF SECRETARIAT
1-2F, 5, Jungang-ro 196beon-gil, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61475, South Korea
Tel: +82-62-226-2734
Fax: +82-62-226-2731
E-mail: whrcf@gic.or.kr
Copyright WHRCF All rights reserved.