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MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society is a NGO with special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) and strives to further the development of democracy in Korea through litigation, research, and investigation.To this end, MINBYUN is also dedicated to increasing public awareness and collaborating in joint activities to protect basic human rights and attain social justice.

MINBYUN consists of more than 1,200 lawyers as of April 2024 from all parts of South Korea. The headquarter is located in Seoul, and there are 8 branch offices: Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, Gwangju-Jeonnam, Daejeon-Chungcheong, Incheon, Jeonbuk and Gyungnam. MINBYUN has 16 committees and 2 centers that represent a wide range of activities in the various fields of human rights and 6 staff teams in the secretariat to assist with the entirety of its activities.

제목	날짜
NGO response to Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai’s press conference	2016-02-17
4. UN reports on Republic of Korea UN High Commissioner for Refugees raises related issues in the ROK–January 7, 2008	2010-12-02
2. Documents from other NGOs Submission by the NHRCK on torture, privacy, women's rights, discrimination in the workplace, disability rights, etc.	2010-12-02
2. Documents from other NGOs Submission by Amnesty International on Death Penalty, National Security, and Migrant Workers–January 25, 2008	2010-12-02
2. Documents from other NGOs Submission by the Asian Legal Resource Center to the HRC's UPR in ROK–January 2008	2010-12-02
5. Uncategorized Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment of Children–January 2008	2010-11-30
2. Documents from other NGOs Review of Korea Women’s Human Rights (2008)	2010-11-30
(i) Submissions to the UN Joint NGO Written Information–January 25, 2008	2010-11-30
4. UN reports on Republic of Korea A/HRC/8/40–May 29, 2008	2010-11-30
3. Statements from the Government of the Republic of Korea Statement by the ROK on the UPR during the 8th Session of the HRC–June 2008	2010-11-30
2. Documents from other NGOs Statement by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea–June 2008	2010-11-30
2. Documents from other NGOs Oral Statement by Amnesty International–June 12, 2008	2010-11-30
4. UN reports on Republic of Korea DRAFT Programme of Work for the 10th session of the Human Rights Council (2 – 27 March 2009)	2010-11-30
(i) Submissions to the UN Briefing Paper on Conscientious Objection in the ROK–March 2009	2010-11-30
(i) Submissions to the UN Joint oral statement delivered by Mr. Young-seok Chang–March 9, 2009	2010-11-30
(v) Other HRC Sess 10–Side Event on Human Rights Defenders in ROK	2010-11-25
(v) Other HRC 10-Side Event on Freedom of Expression in ROK	2010-11-25
(i) Submissions to the UN A/HRC/10/NGO/82–February 27, 2009	2010-11-25
(i) Submissions to the UN Human Rights Situation in the ROK–May 22, 2009	2010-11-25
(ii) Urgent Appeals Urgent Appeal Concerning Prosecution of Producers of PD Notebook	2010-11-25
(ii) Urgent Appeals Urgent Appeal concerning use of Seoul Plaza and blockade of City Hall and Chungkye Stream	2010-11-25