Professor Changrok Soh was elected as Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee on February 27, 2023. Professor Changrok Soh, the first South Korean member to be elected to the UN Human Rights Committee, has been part of the Committee since 2021. He is participating in the 137th Session of the Human Rights Committee from the 27th of February to the 24th of March.
“The Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-seventh session, during which it will examine the reports of Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Zambia on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session…
During the session, Tania María Abdo Rocholl (Paraguay) was elected as Chair of the Committee, and José Manuel Santos Pais (Portugal) and Changrok Soh (Republic of Korea) were elected as Vice-Chairs. Elections for the third Vice-Chair and Rapporteur were deferred.”