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Northeast Asia Peace and Demilitarization Legal Delegation – May 2018
Sponsored by the Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea, The Ubuntuworks Project and the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild Please join us as we visit South Korea at this key time for peace in the region and also attend the National Japanese Lawyers Association for Freedom (JLAF) Convention in Japan. Many JLAF lawyers have attended […]
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Joint statement on President Trump’s visit to Japan and South Korea
On the occasion of the visit of US president Trump to Japan and South Korea, we demand an end to the US- DPRK escalation in military threats. On September 19, 2017, in his first appearance before the United Nations, President Donald Trump threatened to totally destroy North Korea, showing absolute contempt and disregard for all […]
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Video: NLG IC Press Conference against U.S. threats of war in Korean peninsula
On Wednesday, October 18, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee organized a press conference at the Solidarity Center in New York City against U.S. threats of war in the Korean peninsula, especially following President Donald Trump’s threats from the United Nations platform to “destroy” North Korea. Watch the video online: “The progressive legal community is […]
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18 October, NYC: Press Conference: Lawyers and activists on Trump’s dangerous, illegal threats to “destroy” North Korea
MEDIA ADVISORY For Wednesday, 10am October 18, 2017 Contact: international@nlg.org NEW YORK– In his address to the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea,” violating the UN charter within its own walls and raising the specter of genocide and crimes against humanity in violation of the UN Charter (which as a ratified treaty […]
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Video: Webinar on “How to Have Peace in Korea”
Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea, the Ubuntuworks Education Project and the National Lawyers Guild organized a webinar on 21 August featuring human rights lawyer Eric Sirotkin on “everything you wanted to know about Korea but that the US government is afraid you’ll ask.” The full video of the webinar is now available for […]
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REGISTER for Webinar, August 21: Looming War in Korea – What keeps peace so elusive and what can be done?
Eric Sirotkin of the Lawyers for Disarmament and Peace in Korea (www.ldpk.org), the Ubuntuworks Education Project and the National Lawyers Guild invites you to a scheduled Zoom webinar. Mr. Sirotkin, a long time human rights attorney and author will present based upon his many trips to both North and South Korea as well as work […]
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Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea urges peace on Korean peninsula
Contact: Eric Sirotkin, Esq. eric@ericsirotkin.com 541.778.4897 The standoff on the Korean Peninsula has reached a boiling point that is dangerous for all peoples of the world. The Lawyers for Demilitarization and Peace in Korea and the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild condemn calls for a military solution in Korea. We reject the threat […]
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NLG Korean Peace Project Joins National Strategy Session
On September 16-17 the NLG Korean Peace Project will participate in the National Campaign to End the Korean War’s National Strategy Session in Washington DC. Key experts on Korean Policy and lobbying from around the country will gather to learn about successful Capital Hill strategies and to plan organizing to further our efforts to end […]
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Join the Struggle for Korean Peace & Unification
Supporting the peace in Korea remains one of the most exciting and difficult organizing efforts. The work remains exciting and dynamic because of its potential for world peace and due to the issues confronted by this long-standing conflict. While often viewed as a conflict between the North and South, in reality it is the United […]
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Exhibit on the “Forgotten Faces of North Korea” Available for Showing
KPP Chair Eric Sirotkin attended the Korean Policy Institute’s Reunification: Building Permanent Peace in Korea conference held in Berkeley California on October 10, 2008. This conference brought together academics, policy experts, community members, and advocates for a lively, focused, and informed discussion on peace and unification in Korea and what US policy makers and communities […]
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