2014 Judicial Symposium in Korea

The Supreme Court of Korea held an international judicial symposium from July 7 to July 10, 2014, under the theme of "International Judicial Cooperation for the Rule of Law and Human Rights." The symposium was held at the main conference room of the Supreme Court of Korea on July 8, 2014 and ended with great success with almost 130 participants, including judges and professors.

Among the speakers and panelists of the symposium were not only internationally renowned Korean jurists abroad such as Judge Sang-Hyun Song, the President of International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge O-Gon Kwon at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Chang-Ho Chung at the ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia) in Khmer Rouge, but also eminent scholars and diplomats, including Registrar Herman von Hebel at the ICC, Professor David Scheffer, the U.N. Secretary-General's Special Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Professor David Cohen from Stanford University, and UN ambassadors of the ICC State Parties, such as Chile, Nigeria, Liechtenstein, and Philippines.

In addition, experts from relevant domestic institutions such as the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and National Human Rights Commission of Korea participated in the symposium as a speaker or a panelist and discussed the expansion of the rule of law and human rights laws in Asia.

This symposium will serve as an occasion to expand judicial initiative of Korea in Asia, ensuring the development of human rights laws through international courts.