Human Rights Commission Appoints Migrant Worker Human Rights Activist Seok Won-jeong as Commissioner... Extends Term of Commissioner Cho Hyun-wook

Seok Won-jeong, Human Rights Commissioner / Photo by National Human Rights Commission

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The National Human Rights Commission announced on the 3rd that Seok Won-jeong (62), head of the Seoul Seongdong Foreign Workers Center, has been appointed as a non-standing commissioner.

Commissioner Seok has served as co-representative of the Foreign Migrant Workers Movement Council (2002), member of the Seoul Metropolitan Human Rights Commission (2016), member of the National Human Rights Commission's Civil Liberties Committee (2018), and member of the Ministry of Justice Human Rights Policy Advisory Group (2018). He currently also serves as director of the Association for the Human Rights of Foreign and Migrant Workers.

The Human Rights Commission explained that Commissioner Seok filled the vacancy created when independent lawmaker Yang Jeong-suk stepped down from the Human Rights Commission before the election, and that he was nominated by the National Assembly (Democratic Party).

In addition to appointing Commissioner Seok, the Human Rights Commission also announced that it will extend the term of current commissioner Cho Hyun-wook (54), who was appointed in 2017, once more. The term for human rights commissioners is three years. The commission is composed of four members elected by the National Assembly, four appointed by the President, and three appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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