Morten Kjaerum Affiliated Professor, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Nargis Sadiq Country Manager, Omid International
Facing Human Rights Cities Amidst War and Violence:
Strategies for Promoting Peace and Reconciliation and Collaboration of Cities at Local and Global Levels for Peacebuilding

Jorge Luis González González Fellow, Talento Total
A Case Study of Medellín Emerging from Violence Through a Human Rights-Centered Approach

Valentina Ostojić Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Development
David Klepej PhD Candidate, University of Ljubljana
Memory and Reconciliation in Post-Yugoslav Cities: 
The Role of Public Monuments in Addressing the Conflicts of the 1990s

Ishrat Sultana Assistant Professor, North South University
Upholding Human Rights of Refugees: A case of Cox’s Bazar City in Bangladesh

Alyaa Nabiilah Zuhroh Manager, Inisiatif Suara Nusantara
Aulia Rachmah Putri Co-founder, Inisiatif Suara Nusantara
A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled: Human Rights Cities in Indonesia Between Peace Aspirations and Implementation Realities

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels under the auspices of UNESCO, University of Graz UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, The May 18 Institute Chonnam National University, Gwangju International Center

PARK Youngcheol Representative, Ulsan Solidarity for Human Rights

MOON Jeongho Chair, National Human Rights Commission of Korea Branch, Central Government Headquarters, Korean Government Employees' Union
The Role and Status of the National Human Rights Commission as a Core Institution of South Korea’s Human Rights Protection System: Evaluation and Prospects for Solidarity with Regional Human Rights Activists

LEE Jeong-eun Professor, Department of Sociology, Changwon National University
Solidarity and Roles in Building National and Regional Human Rights Protection Systems 

SEO Changho Co-representative, Protesting Against Poverty ＆ Discrimination Solidarity for Human Right
Human Rights Trapped Between Hate and Factional Logic: What is the Role of the Human Rights Protection System? 

LEE Byunggu Administrator, Tree of Conscience and Human Rights
Closure of the Human Rights Center of Daejeon Metropolitan City and the Challenges of Restoring the Regional Human Rights Protection System 

CHOE Wanwoog Standing Activist, Gwangju Human Rights Center Hwal Jjak
Institutionalization and Bureaucratization of the Human Rights Protection System in Gwangju Metropolitan City

CHAE Min Standing Activist, Jeonbuk Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights
Expansion of the Military Base in Jeonbuk-do and the Damage to Peace and Ecology

LEE Haengchan Chairperson of the Steering Committee, Chungnam Human Rights Education Activity Group Bu-ttel
Abolition of the Human Rights Ordinance in Chungcheongnam-do and the Movement for Re-enactment

Human Rights Activists Network for Local Human Rights Protection System in South Korea: Jeju Peace Human Rights Institute WHAT, Jeonbuk Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights, Ulsan Solidarity for Human Rights, Chungnam Human Rights Education Activity Group Bu-ttel, Protesting Against Poverty ＆Discrimination Solidarity for Human Right, Gwangju Human Rights Center Hwal Jjak, Tree of Conscience and Human Rights

SEON Juwon Professor, Gwangju National University of Education

ROH Chulhyun Professor, Seoul National University of Education
The necessity and significance of spreading a culture of human rights respect through student self-governance activities

LEE Young-bae Teacher, The Attached Elementary School of Gwangju National University of Education
Various Voices for Respecting the Human Rights of the Three Main Educational Stakeholders

PARK Chulwan Senior Supervisor, Jeollanamdo Office of Education
Practical Strategies for Creating a Classroom Culture Where Everyone’s Human Rights Are Respected

LEE Gyeongeun Student, Gwangju Hyogwang Middle School

CHOI Jangwoo Chair of the Gwangju Metropolitan City High School Student Council

JANG Yunmi Teacher, Gakhwa Middle School

YANG Hongkyu Parent of a Student, Chonnam National University College of Education High School

Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education,
Gwangju National University of Education - Industrial Academia Collaboration Foundation

SO Hyunsoog Academic Investigation and Research Team Manager, Women's Human Rights Institute of Korea

Keiko Toshimitsu Visiting Researcher, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University
Historical Background and the Struggles of Victims Regarding the Eugenic Protection Law in Japan: State Compensation Lawsuits and Compensation Law

HWANG Jisung Research Fellow, Asian Center for Women's Studies, Ewha Womans University
Successes and Issues of Truth and Reconciliation Efforts for Victims of Sterilization in Carceral Institutions for the Disabled in South Korea

HYU Jina Secretary General, Women with Disabilities Empathy
Confronting Gender Discrimination and Structural Violence: Using the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a Strategy for Advancing Sexual Rights and Equality 

NA Young Representative, center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive justicE (SHARE)
From the Abolition of Forced Sterilization to the Guarantee of Reproductive Rights 

Gwangju Human Right Center for People with Disabilities, 
Gwangju Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination

Korean Local Government Human Rights Commission

Gwangju International Center

SONG Jiyoung Research Professor, Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam National University

KIM Minsu Managing Director, Gwangju International Residents Center

PARK Ju-young Asisstant Professor, Department of Psychology, Gwangju University 

Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam National University,
BK21 FOUR Center for International Migration and Diaspora Innovative Talents, Chonnam National University,
Gwangju Workers Health Center, Gwangju Migrant Health Center,
Gwangju International Residents Center

Gwangju Urban Regeneration Community Center (GURCC),
Human Rights Village Network, Gwangju Village Community Network,
Gwangju Village Education Community Forum, 
Gwangju Women-friendly Village Activists Network

Chonnam National University Human Rights Center

KIM Gyoungrae Chief Executive Officer, Gwangju Foundation
for Women & Family

SHIN Gyonggu Executive Director, Gwangju International Center

Dorian Rommens Programme Specialist, UNESCO

Alyaa Nabiilah Zuhroh Manager, Inisiatif Suara Nusantara

Ela Siti Nuryamah Regent of east lampung, East Lampung District Government

Tjhai Chui Mie Mayor of Singkawang, Indonesia

Jihan Nurlaela Deputy Governor of Lampung, Provincial Government of Lampung

Benjamin Macadangdang Executive Assistant IV/Human Rights Focal Point, Baguio City, Philippines

Gemma Parojinog Estoesta Division Chief, Legal, Legislative and Government Division, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines

Mariecris Araga National Human Rights Officer, UN OHCHR Philippines 

Hendra Susila Adi Coordinator, UCLG ASPAC

Gwangju Metropolitan City,
Asia-Pacific Coalition of Cities Against Discrimination (APCAD),
United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)

Gwangju Metropolitan City