Nov - Dec 2019 Pro Bono Activities
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1. Refugees
- Represented refugee M, from Egypt for his state tort claim.
- Represented refugee statue re-applicant A, from Egypt for his re-application.
- Represented refugee status re-applicant H, from Iran for his re-application.
- Represented refugee status re-applicant I, from China for his re-application.
- Represented refugee status applicant L, from China for his application.
- Represented refugee status applicant M, from Egypt for his appeal.
- Supported the human rights commission under the Korean Bar Association regarding the falsified documentation of interview reports
- Audited NANCEN Korea Refugee Rights Center
- Participated in the documentation of the petition presented to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, regarding problems of the refugee application procedure in the airport
- Gave legal assistance to migrant with mental illness, confined in an immigration processing center
- [Refugee Treatment WG] Participated in a monitoring program for persons granted humanitarian stay permit, supported by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea
- Reviewed the amendments on the Refugee Act, regarding treatments towards persons granted a humanitarian stay permit
- Made a protest to the Ministry of Justice, and supported the documentation of a written statement
- Prepared the petition towards the Anti-corruption & Civil Rights Commission about the health insurance of refugee applicants
- Participated as a speaker in the Korea Bar Association Refugee Act Amendments Symposium
- Assisted preparing the Korea Bar Association investigation of the death case in a immigration processing center
- Selected 10 major events for report on final accounts of the Refugee Network
- Participated in a forum on public interest law, hosted by NANCEN
- Documented the ‘Global Refugee Forum Good Practice’
- Conducted research on the refugee application process in airports
- Participated in a regular meeting of the Refugee Network
2. Migrants
- Represented victims of sex trafficking in their claims for damages in court
- Represented migrant T on court, regarding his order of payment
- Documented vindication of migrant P’s employment which violated his/her part-time job permit
- Accepted delegation on sex trafficking victim J’s constitutional complaint regarding the non-prosecution disposition of her case
- Represented the constitutional complaint regarding health insurance for foreigners
- Gave legal advice in a regular basis, at Korea Support Center for Foreign Workers
- Gave legal advice to marriage migrant women in Danuri center
- Participated in the case study group of migrant rights
- Gave legal assistance to a case in which an undocumented migrant from Myanmar died in the process of a crackdown
- Participated in a planning team for the case study group on migrant rights
- [Network for Migrant Childcare in Gyeong-gi] Participated in the advisory panel
- Conducted research on legislation regarding the right to adequate housing of migrants
- [Survey on unregistered migrant children in Gyeong-gi] Documented a final report
- Filed a petition to the human rights committee, about the hate speech that the mayor of Iksan city has made
- Participated in a study about the solution to relieve the gap of growth opportunity between migrant teens and national teens
- Filed a petition to the human rights committee
- Co-worked drafting a paper to the IOM International Migration
- Participated as a speaker in a seminar hosted by the Korean Psychological Association, about the rights of undocumented multicultural adolescents
- Participated as a panel of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 30th anniversary event hosted by UNICEF Korea
- Participated as a panel of film festival, hosted by Save the Children
- Conducted revocation litigation regarding the refusal of status of stay despite industrial accident complications
- Conducted revocation litigation regarding the refusal of change of place of business
- Audited ‘good cases and bad cases’ for migrant rights
- Participated as a speaker at a forum on reforming the public officials’ ‘Obligation to Notify’ according to the Immigration Act
- Reviewed the status of stay of the mother of a Korean national
- Participated as a speaker in a workshop on state tort claim related to HIV issues, hosted by Minbyun
- Drafted the guidebook for Global Compact for Migrants
- Made a presentation about regulating xenophobia, as a speaker in Gyeong-gi Policy Festival
- Reviewed the Gyeong-gi Koryo-saram Resident Support Ordinance
- Participated as a speaker in the 2019 Children Rights Forum on migrant children
- Participated as a speaker in the Roman Catholic bishops’ conference on the Global Compact of Migration
- Gave assistance on preparing papers for marriage migrant women’s remarriage
- Wrote an article on the state tort claim related to HIV, in ‘Sisa IN’
- Lectured at Oryu middle school on migrant rights and cosmopolitanism
3. Social Economy/Innovation
- Wrote a regular column on legislation related to co-ops
- Worked as a consultant providing legal advice to cooperatives
- Worked as a consultant on making amendments on legislations related to co-ops
- Worked as a consultant on issues related to the provision of the base for assetization of community space
- Supervised teaching materials on co-ops
- Revised the transfer agreements on socialhousing, drafted by the D housing cooperative
- Participated at sponsored events held by DongHang Activist Co-operative
- Gave advice on issues related to cooperatives in schools using common property
- Worked as a consultant for the Social cooperative ‘Da-moa’
- Participated in a briefing session regarding the research on cooperative evaluation standards
- Participated in a research forum on the legal personality of social enterprise
- Prepared a seminar on school cooperatives
- Gave advice to H cooperative on the registration of free-of-charge employment agency
- Reviewed issues related to S center, in the aspect of the Personal Information Protection Act
- Reviewed issues on the establishment of social enterprise, by public interest firms
- Lectured on the framework act on cooperatives at the Agency for Traditional Market Administration
- Participated in Seoul socialhousing symposium
4. Persons with disabilities
- Participated in the lawsuit at the Supreme Court for the mobility rights of persons with disabilities on double-decker buses
- Participated in the steering group for ‘barrier-free’ playgrounds
- Gave advice on issues regarding the inheritment and the discontinuation of payment of benefits, for persons with brain disabilities
- Participated in drafting the chapter on persons with disabilities, of the Korea Bar Association Human Rights report
- Participated in a case meeting for ‘Pyeong-ji’ legal support team
- Participated in the Subcommittee on Rights of persons with disabilities, under the Seoul Bar Association Human Rights Committee
- Participated in drafting the UN CRPD report
- Gave a presentation on “Good cases and Bad cases” regarding persons with disabilites
- Participated in TF on amendment of the Public Official Election Act, focusing on political rights of persons with disabilities
- Participated as a panel in talk concert about improving perceptions towards persons with disabilities, hosted by Medianoon
- Participated in DDASK planning meeting
- Coworked with the Korea Disability Law Association
5. Female/Youth
- Gave legal advice at a weekly basis in Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center
- Gave legal advice to Seoul Sunflower Center
- Participated in a meeting supporting teenage runaways
- Represented those who could not collect child-rearing expenses in court case on defamation
- Gave legal support to victims of cyber sexual violence
- Volunteered mentoring the youth detention center in Seoul
- Executed a memorandum of understanding with ‘Plan Korea’
- Prepared the publication of the 6th issue of the Public Interest Law Paper Series “Research on the rights of the youth & adolescents”
- Filed a state tort claim regarding the case of compulsory eviction of adopted foreigners, due to their failure of acquisition of nationality
- Consulted on issues related to grouphome corporation for North Korean settler children
- Prepared a seminar on legislation and policies about child-rearing expenses
- Reviewed whether hacking one’s SNS account is equivalent to a crime
- Made a presentation on current regulations of online platforms, regarding cyber sexual violence
- Consulted on a court case of defamation via false information, which took advantage of personal information collected through trading used items
- Assisted victims of ‘online grooming’ file a lawsuit
- Reviewed whether threatening in open chat room is equivalent to a crime
- Reviewed the criminal jurisdiction of Article 14 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of sexual crimes, ‘Taking Photographs by Using Cameras’
6. North Korea/North Korean settlers
- Begun drafting the 1st issue of the North Korean Law Series
- Planned the international meeting ‘Peace and Innovation’
- Gave legal assistance to North Korean settlers who were victims of personal information disclosure
- Represented client in appellate court for a charge of violating the North Korean Refugees Protection and Settlement Support Act
- Reviewed the complaint regarding the beneficiaries of free highschool education
- Reviewed the issues related to the fund raising of Yeomyung School
- Reviewed the welfare system for North Korean settlers in aspects of housing and education
- Reviewed the bylaws of research groups on North Korea or North Korean settlers
- Participated in the committee for improving legislation and policies related to North Korean settlers, under the Korea Bar Association
7. Welfare
- Participated in the network meeting for the national basic living security act
- Supported the state compensation claim on labor ability assessment of National Basic Living Security beneficiary
- Participated in drafting the legal support manual for animal rights
- Supported litigation for revocation of taxation based on the identity theft towards homeless people
- Participated in movement to make amendments on the Housing Lease Protection Act
- Participated in the planning team for the commemoration of homeless people
- Documented a written opinion about amendments on the Special Act on the Safety Control of Publicly used establishments
- Participated as a panel in a talk concert on co-existence with the environment, hosted by the Hwankyung Ilbo
- Participated in the meeting of lawyers supporting animal rights
- Participated in a forum on prevention of painful deaths of abandoned pets
- Participated in the Central Housing Welfare Center operation committee
8. NPO Legal Support
- Monitored legislation related to NPOs
- Gave legal support to issues related to Participative Budgeting in NPOs
- Participated in the Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation(KCOC) voluntary service committee meeting
- Participated in the Civil Society Agenda TF
- Gave advice to C foundation on new profit making business
- Gave legal advice to M group on endowment disposal issues and real estate purchase issues
- Documented a report on a policy training program regarding job creation policies applied in USA
- Participated in the steering group meeting for facilitating civil society
- Matched the 5th NPO legal support team with corresponding NPOs
- Completed legal consulting for NPOs
- Wrote a written opinion on the cancellation of designated organizations, etc., receiving donations
- Reviewed the illegality of the execution of membership fees, of a community volunteer center
- Gave legal advice to B community welfare center on font copyright issues
- Participated in the Community Chest of Korea citizen participation committee
- Lectured at ‘Public Network We’ on self checklists including NPO taxation and the Act on the regulation of donations collection
- Gave advice to D group on video copyright issues
- Gave legal advice to A group on font copyright issues
- Planned the NPO legal support case briefing session
- Participated in a planning forum for the social value of the NPO sector
- Supported making a presentation in the 6th forum of ‘Strong Civic Society’, on NPO jobs in USA
- Consulted on collecting donation via internet homepages, under the Act on the Regulation of Donations Collection
- Wrote a newsletter on the boundary nonprofit foundations under the Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax Act
- Reviewed issues related to the age cap of a center, especially for I center
- Participated in a TF meeting regarding private subsidies in Seoul
- Gave advice to N group regarding image copyrights issues and claim to damage
- Reviewed the checklist for fund-raising platforms
- Went over the article of associations of N corporation
- Revised the ordinance of Seoul facilitating civic society
9. Others
- Drafted a paper to ‘Access to Justice’
- Researched on issues related to Residents’ Lawsuit
- Participated in the executive office of the group of public interest lawyers
- Worked as an assistnat administrator at the Korea Bar Association Human Rights Committee
- Participated in Korea Bar Association Migrant & Refugee TF
- Participated in Korea Bar Association pro bono support center TF
- Participated in the judging committee of pro bono activity, under the Korea Bar Association
- Participated in Seoul Bar Association Human Rights Committee
- Participated as a writing staff for commentary on regarding Residents’ Lawsuit
- Gave legal assistance in a appellate court case regarding the refusal of medical treatment related to the performance of public duties
- Participated in the operation committee of ‘Eunpyeong Space for the Youth’
- Participated as a speaker in the PILNet Global Forum
- Gave advice to Gyeongi Cultural Foundation, on business management considering human rights
- Edited the evaluation report focused on human rights, by the Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority
- Participated in TF for briefing session related to public-interest lawyer activities
- Participated as a speaker in an introduction event of public interest lawyers in Seoul National University lawschool
