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Lobby organisation

Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (4 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
4
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“HRNK is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that was founded in 2001 to promote human rights in North Korea. Our goals include the closure of North Korea's prison camps, opening of the country's borders, and improvements in access to information, food, and quality of life for all North Korean citizens. We work towards these goals through collaboration with scholars, North Korean…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party233%
Socialists & Democrats233%
European Conservatives & Reformists117%
The Left117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2024).

2023
2
2024
4

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

César Luena
2 meetings · S&D
Rasa Juknevičienė
2 meetings · EPP
Bert-Jan Ruissen
1 meeting · ECR
Hanna Gedin
1 meeting · The Left

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
16 Dec 2024César LuenaDelegation for the relations with the Korean Peninsula, DKOR
6 Dec 2024Hanna GedinHuman Rights
12 Nov 2024Rasa JuknevičienėExchange of views on the situation in North Korea and NK's involvement in the war against Ukraine
5 Nov 2024Bert-Jan RuissenMensenrechten Noord-Korea
29 Nov 2023Rasa JuknevičienėAttendance of the conference "North Korea's Expanding Reach: Security, Human Rights, and Global Implications", co-organized with The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
15 Mar 2023César LuenaMEP Luena's Team on Developments on the Korean Peninsula

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