APIL 制法利多! 2017 ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW APIL ANNUAL REPORT
制法利多, the name of annual report of APIL means that we hope to promote the public interest with law and/or to help the public enjoy diversity with our legal expertise.
INDEX 01.
02. HI!
Greetings 6 page
APIL's Story Refugees 8 page
Immigration Detention 12 page
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04.
People at APIL
Finance Report
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24 page
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Human Trafficking 14 page
Business and Human rights
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16page
06.
VALUE
TOGETHER
How to get involved 26 page
Donor's List 27 page
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01.
APIL’s story
It’s been
HI!
It has been 7 years since APIL was established imagining the peace. Since then the number of refugees applying for recognition of refugee status increased by 10 times but their actual
years since APIL has opened
recognition has decreased by one-third. Also the law still permits to put foreigners under detention for unlimited period of time. The more
Number of the refugee applicants in 2017
Number of the refugees recognized by 2017
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Korean companies expand to overseas, the more problem are being brought by them.
Nevertheless APIL, imagining the peace, has
Above all, APIL has been encouraged by refugees
worked actively in Korea and in the world. In
and victims of human trafficking that we can
order to support refugee cases we did not
make path towards peace: the refugees who wail
refuse traveling from Daegu to Jeju, and we
and moan about their home countries’ difficulties
shared our experience with other countries
and unspeakably hard asylum process but
so that refugee system can be settled in our
eventually never lose hope and smile; and the
neighboring Asian states. We helped victims who victims of human trafficking who are devastated had to work like slaves at salt pans to receive
by long term exploitation but never forget to
compensation, and reported in and out of
thank for life and sustain their will to live. Their
Korea about migrant workers on Korean fishing
encouragement will allow APIL to handle the
vessels who are suffering from human trafficking growing weight of reality and cultivate the peace and forced labor. In Geneva, we spoke of the
more powerfully and profoundly.
duty of the Korean government on regulating Korean companies expanded overseas so that they do not violate human rights. To inform all these activities in a better way, we renewed our website and also opened our YouTube channel and Instagram account.
@advocatesforpublicinterestlaw
PEACE
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02. AP IL’S STOR Y
Refugee
‘Refugee boxer, Lee Heuk San’, who can be expelled and forced to death unless he becomes the Champion and acquire the status which permits him to settle in Korea. According to his story introduced by the media, Assan had suffered from abusement and exploitation in the military and came to Korea to participate in the International Military Sports Council. He then applied for the recognition of refugee status with his friend Etuovi. Fortunately, Assan and Etuovi were recognized as refugee with the assist of APIL and released from detention. With APIL’s assistance, Assan and Etuoviwere not been expelled to the threat of death but made able to dream of safe future in Korea. How delightful. On 31st December 2017 at Incheon International Airport. Refugee Mohammed was waiting nervously for his wife and four children who have ‘arrived’ but did not yet pass through immigration. Mohammed, who left his home country and his family 3 years ago, cannot forget the moment he hugged his family at the airport after 90 minutes of waiting them. ‘Non-recognition of refugee status of the plaintiff by the defendant on 28th December 2015 is revoked.’ This sentence from the sentencing represented by APIL let Mohammed to meet his family and dream of a new life in Korea. Other than this, there were lots of good news we would like to share with you all last year.
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Last year, as APIL as always did our best to support refugees, was a year which we won especially difficult litigations on the revocation of nonrecognition of refugee status. Even after the new government came in after the miraculous Candlelight Revolution, settling in Korea through recognition of refugee status and seeking a safe life is too difficult. In 2016 there were only one winning judgment concerning refugee litigation among all lower courts. Under such circumstances, in 2017 APIL contributed to four favorable judgments among seven favorable judgments among all lower courts. Moreover, we won a litigation on the revocation of nonpermission of refugee naturalization, of which sentencing contains important legal principles, and a verdict of acquittal on a criminal case concerning refugee. Various counselings and legal aid, research on the methods of improvement on the process of recognition of refugee status, solidarity activities with oversea bodies, amendment movement on Refugee Act and other related laws, and negotiation with the government were APIL’s efforts, happliy done, to help the refugees and translate their voice and rights in Korean society. APIL being able to stand as the most powerful voice supporting refugees and their rights in Korea, and Mohammed being able to meet his family was all thanks to your full support.
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02. AP IL’S ST OR Y
Refugee
Applications & Litigations
Research & Legislative Actions
Won a litigation on revocation of nonpermission of refugee naturalization Revocation on revocation of recognition of refugee status Withdrawal of refusal on work permit of refugee Demand on transition of oversea driver’s license to Korean license without passport renewal [16 cases of application of recognition, 11 cases of reapplication, 25 cases of litigation on revocation of non-recognition of refugee status (5 favorable judgment). Among these 11 were recognized by the Ministry of Justice (including family reunification), 1 case of decisive favorable judgment, 6 case of humanitarian sojourn(including family reunification)]
Research on the standard and process of recognition of refugee status with the Korean Institute of Criminology Conducted communication with the Ministry of Justice as a Task Force for the revision of Refugee Act as a member of Korean Refugee Rights Network Participate in RSNK research meetings - study on complementary protection status and refugee’s treatment condition Participate in resettlement consultative body
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conference
refugees
film festival
Raising Awareness & Education Hosted Korea Refugee Film Festival 2017 Conducted 2nd(at Pakistan) and 3rd(at Sudan) ‘The Better Story’ to listen to refugees Made guest appearance on ‘People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy’’s podcast <Asiapod> 2nd ‘Living as a refugee in Korea’ Cooperated in coverage by BBC on the problems of refugee system based on the case of the refugee boxer Lee Heuk San Lectured at Center for the Cilvil Rights Act of Seoul National Universtiy program ‘Thursday Civil Rights Mokgong’ on the theme ‘2017 Korean Society and Rights of Refugees’ Lectured at Hanguk University of Foreign Studies Legal Clinic Lectured on Refugee Act at Corporation Duroo Lectured on Refugee Act in the program ‘Korean Society and Refugee Rights’ Lectured about Refugee at Suwon library Participated in a talk show of DMZ International Documentary Film Festival Presented at Judicial Research Institute Conference on Rights of Refugee and Justice Presented at Discussion on the Method of Revising the Refugee Act in Korea conducted by The Korean Mission of UN Refugee Agency and Korean National Assembly Human Rights Forum Presented at Discussion on Immigration Port Refugement Process Improvement conducted by Shim Ki-jun assemblyman, Korean Bar Association and UNHCR
Solidarity Activity Participated in Refugee Round Table in Taiwan Participated in Refugee Act training for Immigration officers, judges and attorneys Participated in APPRRN East Aisa Wokring Group consolation Participated in Aisa Pro bono Exchange at KL Malaysia Participated in Conference on ‘Human Rights Defenders at Danger’ at Bankok
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02. AP IL’S ST OR Y
Immigration Detention M from Congo submitted reapplication for the recognition of refugee status. Reapplication is identical to normal applications but the Immigration Office did not grant a G-1 visa which is given to applicants of recognition of refugee status. The Office merely postponed his termination of departure from the country. On the expire date, M could not visit the Office because she suffered from menstrual pain. However, the Office urgently arrested M based on the fact that she was a day late and detained her in detention center. M, as an applicant for the recognition of refugee status, needed considerable period of time to get through the determination of recognition process, and since all she had to acquire safety was recognition as a refugee there was no reason for escape concern. Yet the Office rejected such claims. M was detained for nearly 8 months. M was suffering from high blood pressure, pyknocardia, and nephritis. In the detention center her condition grew worse. APIL considered of a litigation on the revocation of detention order but it would have took too long period. It was better to get out the detention center as soon as possible by temporary release APIL requested for outpatient clinic in order to get temporary release, and found out M’s condition was so serious that she needed prompt surgery. The Office then judged that the detention center can no longer take care of her and temporarily cancelled M’s detention. The reason why the Office could detain M based on the fact that she was a day late is because the current Immigration Control Act does not specify reasons for protection. Article 63 of the Immigration Control Act which is on the the detainment of foreigners does not stipulate reasons to initiate protection, the upper limit of protection, nor rules for judicial review. Such unconstitutional law is the basis of the Immigration Office to detain refugee applicants unlimitedly and arbitrarily. APIL is promoting the amendment of the Act to fundamentally block such unjustifiable detention. Before the 2017 Presidential election, APIL questioned about the amendment of Article 63 to Moon Jae-in camp and they replied they will make it amended. Currently, APIL is persuading the Assembly and preparing a Constitutional Appeal. APIL will try our best to see the fruits of these efforts as soon as possible and stop long-term detention of foreigners.
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PROTECTION
Applications & Litigations Filed claims on temporary cancellation of detention for detained persons from Nigeria and Bangladesh Acceptance on temporary cancellation of detention for long-term detainee B from Iran Acceptance on temporary cancellation of detention for long-term detainee M from Congo Cancellation of detention of migrant worker B at Incheon Airport repatriation waiting room Filed petition to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea on the detention and refoulement of refugee applicants from China Action against child detention
Research & Legislative Actions Working on the amendment on migrant (child) detention with the assemblyman Kuem Tae-soeb Working on the amendment Article 63 of the Immigration Act Working on the translation of statements made by human rights experts such as Migrant Special Rapporteur’s statement on eradication of immigrant child detention Submission of written inquiry on immigration detention for parliamentary inspection
Raising Awareness & Education Symposium conducted by the Korean Bar Association on protection of fundamental human rights of foreigners under administrative and criminal process Presented on exclusion of application of the Habeas Corpus law under Korean Immigration Act and Administrative Procedures Act at professional colloquium by Konkuk University Immigration and Social Integration Research Organization Continued on ‘Dabhada’ Campaign for eradication of immigrant child detention
Eradication of immigrant child detention
DAPhada
Child asleep
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02. AP IL’S ST OR Y
Human Trafficking / Stateless
APIL represented the victims of salt pond slave case and to prepare a litigation for the state liability interviewed one of the victims Mr. Park. Slightly inarticulate in speech, he also had borderline personality disorder though not severe in degree. We could hear his daily life at the salt pond. He could remember exactly what happened as if he had taken pictures of them even though it had been more than a year past. He said harsh labor continuing everyday was tough. He had to work like an ox for 12 hours a day. All he received was 900,000 won for 9 months of labor. Sometimes when his owner’s friends had to do some farm work or domestic repairment they ‘lended’ Mr. Park. Mr. Park’s daily wage was not given to him but to the owner and all he could get was a pack of cigarettes. Frequent violent language and assault from the owner was daily routine. When he thought he cannot bear anymore he decide to escape, and ran away secretly after the owner and his wife fell asleep. He arrived at a police station, 10 minutes away, but the police did not investigate his harmful situation properly and on the next day, called the salt pond owner to bring Mr. Park with him. That night Mr. Park was beaten by a lumber for dozens of times. A month later, Mr. Park escaped again, risking his life, and fortunately was able to get out of the salt pond. On November 2015 APIL representing victims like Mr. Park and some even worse than him filed a suit against the Republic of Korea and Shinan-gun for claim for damages, and after court debate which lasted for more than a year on September 2016 the court ruled in Mr. Park’s favour. The court stated that repairation should be made concerning Mr. Park’s mental and physical damage caused due to non-exercise of power to protect the nationals. Speaking of the days he was beaten by the owner, Mr. Park said again and again, “I(Mr. Park) am not smart that I could not understand what the owner was saying and I wasn’t good at working. That’s why he had beaten me.” Was it his effort to understand the owner’s unfounded violence, or was it his logic for periods that he could not stand with conscious mind. “Sun dried salt 100% : Korean(Shinan-gun)”, written on the salt bottle sold in the market. Salty and bitter hours of someone else.
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Applications & Litigations Litigation for state liability concerning Shinan salt pond slave case (APIL represented and won the case) Represented Ship Kwanghyun Vietnamese crewman in the litigation process (found not guilty) Litigation on revocation of compulsory evacuation and protective order on Philippine women who were victims of sexual trafficking Criminal litigation for Philippine women on habitual sexual harassment and forced prostitution Assisted stateless undocumented children for their immigration status
Research & Legislative Actions Published <Tied at Sea>, report on human rights violations of migrant workers on Korean fishing vessels Conducted conference on improvement of human rights of migrant workers on Korean fishing vessels with assemblyman Kim Hyun-kwon Working on amendment of Acts regarding victimized migrant women for prostitution by participating on alternative of E-6-2 visa network
Raising Awareness & Education Presented on migrant workers on Korean fishing vessels at Apostleship of the Sea Published on Kyunghyang newspaper on migrant workers on Korean fishing vessels and Oryong 501
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02. AP IL’S ST OR Y
Business and Human Rights / Internatinal Human Rights Mechanism It is known that there are 3 obligations on States regarding human rights. Obligations to respect human rights which means not to violate human rights, obligations to protect from violation of human rights by the third party, and obligations to promote human rights. Then, should Korea be liable to human rights violation committed outside Korea? This problem often rises in cases of multinational corporations domiciled in Korea but running business in developing countries. In this regard, APIL has been inquiring the following issues: 1)Samsung C&T which violated human rights of laborers and indigenous people while running large palm tree plantation in Indonesia 2)Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. purchasing cotton to make paper money from Uzbekistan where cotton is cultivated and harvested by forced labor 3) Distant water fishing vessel corporations exploiting migrant workers who already become vulnerable for paying a huge amount of recruitment fees and security deposit to recruiting agencies in the country of origin. Does the Korean government have obligations concerning human rights violations of such corporations? If yes, how can the government be held their responsibility? In recent years, states’ obligations concerning such human rights issues is being recognized in the realm of business and human rights. This is called ‘extra-territorial obligation’ and among UN organizations, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have most actively recognized this obligation. APIL knowing that the committee would review on how Korea has implemented the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights(ICESCR) submitted a parallel report on Korea’s Extraterritorial State Obligations on ICESCR to the Committee and flew to Geneva in order to have lobbying activity. In the report, we suggested that Korea violated the obligations on human rights provided by ICESCR by giving some examples. 1)Samsung C&T which received a large amount of investigation from the National Pension Service violated human rights in Indonesia but the government has not regulated such violation, which amounts to infringement of obligation to protect the rights. 2)The government of Korea has been complicit with the forced labor of Uzbekistan cotton field through Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. which is a public enterprise, infringing obligation to respect social rights. 3)The government neglected deep water fishing vessel corporations’ exploitation of migrant workers which nearly amounts to forced labor while supporting subsidy to those corporations. This is also violation of the obligation
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to protect the rights.
Due to the submission of APILâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report and lobbying, the Committee made the most comprehensive and progressive recommendations on the human rights violation of Korean transnational corporations in October 2017. It states as follow: 1)The Korean government should establish a legal obligation for companies domiciled in Korea to exercise due diligence in order to identify, prevent and mitigate the risks of violations of the Covenant rights and make such obligation to bind all their supply chain. 2)Prevent public procurement and the provision of loans, grants and subsidies from being invested indiscriminately to companies involved in violation of rights. 3)The Korean government should stop forced labor by preventing the practice of passport confiscation, investigating reports of the exploitation, de facto detention and physical abuse of migrant workers and bringing perpetrators to justice. APIL will not satisfy with such recommendation and continue our job to support human rights by pressing the Korean government not to neglect the violation of human rights by Korean transnational corporations.
Human rights
Applications & Litigations
Raising Awareness & Education
Presented on a discussion concerning the improvement of NCP conducted by the National Human Rights Commission of Participated in the review conducted the Republic of Korea by Committee on Economic, Social Presented on Leadership Forum conducted by Human Asia and Cultural Rights and submitted and Korea University report as an organization concerned Presented in <Stop Corporationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Greed> conference conducted by International Trade Union Confederation Published an article on Korea Expose on Indonesia palm oil Solidarity Activity Participated and presented in international conference on Participated on annual meeting of business and human rights that took place at Bangkok Good Electronics Presented in Human rights law Conference on the amendment Participated on Pro bono of the Constitution regarding improvement of rights of Conference at KL Malaysia migrant workers Lectured at Korea University on refugee and migrant workers on fishing vessels
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People at APIL
Full-time Attorney
Kim Jongchul
Shinyoung Chung
Kim Sejin
Lee Il
Jun Sooyoen
Advisor
Seri Yun/ Attorney, Hanju Kim/ Attorney
Board Member
Sangmin Lee/ Attorney, Namhong Kim/ Attorney, Jaewook Wu/ Attorney, Younghwan Kim/ Attorney
Auditor
Yunho Choi/ CPA, Jungho Bae/ Attorney
Pro-bono Attorney
Byunggyu Kim/ Attorney, Jisun Lim/Attorney, Jiyeon Lee/Attorney, Jiwon Lee/Attorney, Jung-ho Bae/Attorney, Junghun Lee/Attorney, Kyungtae Han/Attorney, Sanghun Park/ Attorney, Seunghye Kim /Attorney, Sohyun Ahn/Attorney, Sungmin Kang/ Attorney, Yun-sang Lee/Attorney, Yunju Kang/Attorney
Pro-bono Doctor
Keunwoo Park/ Dentist (Dr.Noah Dental Clinic), Sungneung Kim/ Dentist (Yedam Dental Clinic)
Interns 12.5 (2017. 1~2) Yura Kim, Yechan Lee, Hanwook Heo 13 (2017. 3 ~ 8) Juwon Lee, Hoyeon Choi 13.5 (2017. 7 ~ 8) Goeun Kim, Yunjung Kim, Inhye Park, Juyoung Ban, Jiwon Chun 14 (2017. 9 ~ 2018. 2) Jesuhn Kim, Heesu Kim
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Volunteer Jaeyeon Lee, Jeongmin Han, Juyoung Kang, Daeun Kim, Seonkyung Jeong, Dami Song, Woncheol Shin, Jiwon Jang, Juwon Seo, Nahye Kim, Omuk Kim, Sujin Kim, Jinha Jeon, Hyeyeon Yun, Huisu Cho, Seunghee Cho, Sinseob Jeong, Ijun Kim, Seongyoon Choi, Hyunggeun Kim, Wonbin Choi, Jinwoo Jang, Ara Cho, Jongjin Lee, Suhyun Son, Yoonjeong Kim, Sol Jeong, Eunjeong Jeong, Sumin Um, Kyungbin Yoon, Junghwi No, Eunseo Lee, Hoyong Lee, Taesung Oh, Jio Lee, Sunwoo Son, Yeeun Jeong, Sunyoung Jae, Jiwon Seo, Hoon Lee, Sujin Oh, Jinwoo Kim, Yeram Jeong, Yejun Lee, Jisoo Yoon, Seungmi Jeong, Huisu Kim, Eunjeong Choi, Yeji Oh, Inkyung So, Sinseo Park, Kyuri Yu, Jinyoung Na, Yewon Park, Kyungjun Park, Yelin Jang, Taewook Kim, Haeyoung Jang, Huibum Shin, Yoonjeong Song, Jihwan Ryu, Gahyun Kim, Sangwon Lee, Sewon Min, Eunhye Kim, Jungmi Lee, Sunjin Kim
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Afterthought of Internship
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Epilogue by
Choi Hoyeon
Since I entered my 20s Seoul was a city of love and hatred. I could gain fun and information that I want easier than I could elsewhere and Seoul was my hometown so busy and fancy that I did not even need to seek for sense of belonging. However, I could not stop thinking whether I would be able to live in this city happily. Would coming ‘back’ to Seoul be a wise choice? Isn’t that escaping to a safe place where I do not need to bear adventurous life? What if I am not happy after I settle at Seoul? Yet 6 months at APIL gave me courage that I can live a happy life at Seoul. Daily joy that I had to give up during my undergraduate studies were at my hands. At Amherst, thoses joy were something impossible to get so I told myself not to admire them there. I decided that I should be a person who do not need such daily joy, but this resolution disappeared while I was at APIL. I learned that I am someone who is happy when I can desire such feeling and have it. For the past 6 months I lived as if I was dating with APIL. I liked myself working at APIL. There were people, time and space that made me to love myself. In other words, my ‘self as a worker’ began at APIL and I thank that I could spend my wandering period at APIL. On the other hand, I also felt sorry that I did not come here as a better and grown up person, and contribute more help for APIL. Of course the attorneys and interns would shake their head if I say so. Even when I had already spent 6 months at APIL, I still cannot believe that there is a place where people interprets everyone in that place with maximum degree of good faith. I also learned that I am like a dust in the universe. Whenever I met clients at APIL I had to think of ‘the next step’ and right after that I helt helplessness that I cannot solve this situation. Even if the client can be temporarily lifted from restraint for protection and get released from detainment, even if he or she is recognized a refugee status, even if he or she is cured from disease, and even if he or she become easier to communicate in Korean, even if he for she gets a better job, even if he or she does not get hurt because of Koreans’ racial discrimination, and even if … His or her life were full of mountains that is not just difficult to climb but even to look at. What can I do?
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Anguk Station Will those mountains be gone if people try? Whenever I felt helplessness as a dust of the universe, APIL’s ‘kind-hearted mind which values little things’ was big comfort to me. Writing letters sincerely on each other’s birthday, making reminiscences by outing around Seoul, praising each other’s effort, worrying about each other’s mental and physical health. These were things that I could not easily afford to myself. Having those granted from others helped me overcome crucial moments. When I was in high school, my french teacher used to say, “You should learn grammar to forget it”. It meant that we should not think of conjuctive mood, or conditional mood etc. when writing in french and should forget about grammar once we have learned it enough to melt it naturally in our language. If someone asks what I have learned from APIL, I cannot make a detailed list, and I have to admit that there are already a large amount of knowledge that evaporated from my brain. But I will live my life with grammar of life I have learned here. I hope the experience from APIL last long in my words, deeds, and attitudes. For a while, when I visit Anguk station, Insa-dong, Samcheong-dong, Chungmuro, Marronnier Park, Gwanghwamun or other places of Seoul, or see walnut ice-cream at Baskin Robins, I would think of APIL. I thank that I was able to add another layer of happy memory in this city. I felt happy with generous love. Let’s live my life by farming installment savings I made at APIL.
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Afterthought of Internship Epilogue by
Kim Yesun
Hello! I am Jesuhn Kim, APILâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th intern. It seems like only few days have past since the first day I got to work at APIL. The date was 1st September 2017 when I first came to APIL with thrill and now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28th Febuary 2018, the last day as APIL when I have to write my epilogue. I would no longer come to work here and I will write this epilogue not to forget the fact that I could work with the best attorneys and interns for 6 months at APIL. I was studying in the Netherlands before I came to APIL. I was not an outstanding student at studying law so I worried and doubted about whether this is really my way. I became a 4thgrade student so I had to do an internship in order to graduate. Thus I applied to several legal organizations and courts in the Netherlands. However, most of my applications were rejected because I was not fluent at Dutch or I was not an EU citizen. Lots of my applications were not even answered. Eventually I could not find an internship and had to postpone graduation. Untill then, I was not thinking of getting an internship in Korea. I did not have any experience of work in Korea, but due to the sorrows of office workers or employees shown on the media or stories of personal experience of people around me, I decided not to work in Korea. However having my graduation delayed, I got anxious about finding an internship, so I thought that I would go wherever I was needed. One of my friends told me about APIL and I applied for an intern. Thankfully I was told that I passed first stage and that day I packed all my baggage and bought a ticket to Korea. I thought that I would do my best in the interview and get an internship job. On the interview day, I was trembling, but the scene was not what I imagined. I imagined that I would encounter a formal atmosphere, sharp interviewers and myself nearly choked to death due to the heavy mood. Yet the attorneys tried to break the ice and showed interest in what I experienced in the Netherlands, letting me take the interview with moderate tension and comfort. Fortunately, I got through the interview and was able to work at APIL from 1st September.
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Life at APIL was very joyful. On the first day, I was half thrilled by the fact that I am finally doing an internship, and half worried by the fact that I might not be able to conduct my duties and fall short of what the attorneys expected from me. Also because I have somewhat shy personality, I worried that I might not be able to get into the community. However, life at APIL made all of these into groundless anxiety. Sometimes my friends asked me how was my internship in Korea. I reply without hesitation that I am having so much fun and good life. Then they ask back whether I am speaking for sure with puzzled faces. As a matter of fact, I understand their reaction. There aren’t many places like APIL in Korea. One of the reasons that made life at APIL so exciting was the fact that I was contributing to making a change in the society. Among five field of APIL’s focus, I usually helped to deal with refugee issues. What I did for 6 months were searching for information that can help individual refugees, accompanying refugees to the Korean Immigration Office for their interviews, interviewing refugees visiting APIL with the attorneys, accompanying attorneys and refugees to the litigation concerning recognition of refugee status, and so on. The most proud job I did was about refugee A whom APIL is defending. Refugee A was the first client that I assisted to have an interview with APIL’s attorney and made interpretations. After the interview, I researched about A’s country, and collected information on an organization to which A had belonged. I helped to prepare interrogation on the party directly involved and accompanied to the interrogation. The attorney and I made huge efforts for A’s recognition of refugee status. Thankfully, before the end of 2017, at the end of November, refugee A won the litigation on the revocation of non-recognition of refugee status. Internship at APIL was not only about such proudness but lots of other things. Working at APIL and participating in seminars taught me more clearly about human rights issues in Korea, for example refugee problems, human rights violations by transnational corporations, rights of immigrant children etc. Moreover through the reflection of attorneys endeavoring to help people whose rights are being violated living here and there of Korea, I realised the importance and necessity of true attorneys working for the public good. Now I am returning to the Netherlands, finish what I had to postpone and start a new life. In the future after graduation, I am confident that experiences at APIL will affect me greatly. I would like to end my epilogue thanking the attorneys here for letting me have precious experience and learn valuable things. Thank you.
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Finance Report Income Irregular Donation
Monthly Donation
Refugee Film Festival
Others
Donor Regular Irregular Refugee Film Festival
Donation
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Amount ₩ 265,753,699 ₩ 89,292,236 ₩ 20,534,350 ₩ 108,163 ₩ 385,000
Events Interests Others
₩ 1,014,147 ₩ 62,984
Total
₩ 377,150,579
Carry-over Expenses Operating Expenses
Personal Expenses
Working Expenses
Item
Amount
Personal Expenses
₩ 188,610,764
Working Expenses
₩ 90,303,171
Operating Expenses
₩ 98,236,644
Carry-over
₩ 7,169,508
Total
₩ 377,150,579
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VALUE
TOGETHER
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김규백 김근주 김기남 김기열 김기천 김나령 김나선 김남우 김남훈 김다애 김다진 김대인 김대환 김동국 김동현 김동훈 김동휘 김문현 김미경 김미경 김미선 김미주 김민경 김민경 김민규 김민석 김민선 김민정 김민정 김민조 김민주 김민혁 김범수 김범식 김범준 김병진 김병화 김보미 김부준 김빛나 김상용 김석현 김선화 김성길 김성대 김성욱 김성은 김성하 김성호 김성훈 김성희 김세진 김세진 김송이 김수한 김수형 김순희 김승곤 김승원 김승주
김승혜 김승희 김앤장 김양섭 김연주 김연희 김영랑 김영빈 김영수 김영순 김영하 김영현 김영환 김예양 김예원 김예지 김예진 김옥란 김옥진 김용비 김용현 김우정 김운호 김원상 김유미 김유신 김유정 김윤숙 김윤정 김윤진 김윤희 김은정 김은총 김은혜 김인 김인영 김일혁 김재명 김재문 김정현 김정호 김정희 김조은 김종철 김주연 김주영 김주향 김주혜 김준영 김중희 김지나 김지윤 김지이 김지혜 김지혜 김지희 김진 김진명 김진하 김진희
김찬식 김창석 김창한 김태웅 김하나 김하은 김한규 김한솔 김한수 김한주 김현민 김현영 김현정 김현주 김현지 김현철 김현희 김혜림 김혜선 김혜진 김혜현 김호수 김홍정 김홍희 김희경 김희순 김희준 나들목교회 나들목일산교회 나우 나정은 남궁경 남궁주현 남춘섭 노상은 노주희 닥터노아치과의원 두레방 로고스 교회 류기인 류나라 류다솔 류두빈 류상웅 류수경 류신환 마한얼 목영준 문성준 문세진 문은현 문준석 문준호 문지현 문지환 문하운 뮈리엘 민경천 민성희
민순덕 민지원 바울교회청년 부임원단 박경태 박기갑 박나연 박동욱 박래형 박명희 박미희 박민정 박상훈 박상희 박선미 박선영 박선영 박성민 박세진 박수열 박수지 박순성 박애화 박연수 박영록 박영복 박영아 박영우 박영인 박영준 박원아 박은경 박은솔 박인숙 박인승 박재현 박정덕 박정민 박주상 박주연 박주옥 박지원 박지인 박진묵 박진영 박진혁 박진희 박춘자 박한결 박한솔 박현민 박현삼 박현욱 박현홍 박혜원 박효선 반윤선 반주영 방정원 방지영
배월아 배은정 배의철 배정호 배준렬 배준성 백가윤 백수회 백용환 백유리 백현수 법무법인 강호 법무법인 대호 법무법인 로고 스(권형필) 법무법인 소명 법무법인 온누 리 법무법인 지평 베자드 부혜성 북인더갭 사단법인 온율 사법연수원39 기노동법학회 서광용 서동근 서동주 서석호 서성광 서울광염교회 서유당 서유진 서정이 서청운 선금순 선우아정 설승은 성기진 성지연 성지혜 성혜진 소잭슨 손리나 손명성 손미영 손채원 손혜숙 손호석 손희경 송문희 송미란 송영재 송영훈 송원태 송유정 송윤정 송주용 송주은 송지민
송지은 송파사랑의교회 송호성 슬로워크 신가현 신덕범 신동철 신미화 신봉현 신수경 신수연 신아정 신연수 신유리 신인경 신정신 신지영 신진영 신혜성 신혜숙 신흥섭 심수진 심혜란 안소현 안아람 안영술 안은미 안정권 안정훈 안태훈 안현주 안호제 양금순 양동수 양미란 양성준 양세원 양세희 양소민 양예은 양은성 양은영 양지훈 양현근 어진이 어필테크 엄수민 연소민 오광록 오민영 오병용 오상조 오세정 오송은 오신환 오영표 오원섭 오유정 오이석 오재욱
오지헌 오혜정 우재욱 우창록 원재민 위은진 유가을 유동준 유석원 유수신 유순자 유욱 유윤정 유정훈 유중원 유지희 유철형 유혜정 유희영 윤미영 윤보형 윤석희 윤선민 윤선정 윤성은 윤성호 윤승현 윤양중 윤에스더 윤여상 윤여형 윤유중 윤이나 윤지수 윤지효 윤진호 윤판중 윤혜민 윤혜원 윤호선 윤훈섭 윤희진 H. David Yun 이갑만 이건호 이경숙 이경아 이경탁 이경호 이경환 이광하 이규성 이규양 이규철 이규호 이나영 이다은 이다함 이동원 이두희 이디모데 이명광 이명현 이백채 이병노
이병주 이병주 이산 이상덕 이상민 이상민 이상민 이상협 이상희 이서영 이석 이선경 이성관 이성연 이성은 이성훈 이소연 이소영 이수현 이수호 이슬 이승부 이신애 이신희 이애녕 이영수 이영은 이영학 이영호 이온유 이용석 이용수 이용택 이용훈 이운경 이유겸 이유리 이윤상 이윤수 이율선 이은솔 이은수 이은실 이은영 이은화 이인영 이일 이재린 이재연 이재웅 이재은 이정 이정연 이정욱 이정이 이정효 이정희 이종국 이종목 이종인 이종찬 이종탁 이주헌 이준범 이준희
이지원 이지혜 이진만 이진성 이진영 이창재 이창훈 이한수 이현정 이현진 이혜광 이혜원 이혜인 이호준 이홍구 이희 이희주 일산은혜교회 임경왜 임동욱 임미숙 임미숙 임민정 임석우 임승혜 임아름 임예준 임왕성 임원혁 임자운 임자헌 임종미 임지선 임지연 임지영 임진성 임현수 장경춘 장보람 장설아 장성훈 장영수 장용천 장윤영 장의태 장이준 장일홍 재단법인 동천 전규해 전두호 전무경 전별 전병창 전소영 전수연 전영현 전재중 전지영 전해정 전형경 전혜강 정계선 정규황 정기훈 정다빈
정다운 정동재 정미현 정미혜 정민용 정민희 정사라나 정선경 정선정 정선희 정성영 정성태 정소라 정소연 정순 정순지 정예리 정용철 정용택 정원일 정윤정 정은주 정은진 정은혜 정인 정인섭 정자윤 정재도 정재영 정재훈 정정훈 정준우 정지현 정진 정진모 정철진 정하영 정형철 정혜선 정혜영 정혜진 정혜진 정환희 제이씨소프트웨어 제자들교회 조경현 조경희 조명숙 조민정 조성국 조성극 조성아 조아라 조영관 조영민 조영우 조예리나 조용주 조원익 조은성 조일연 조재순 조정 조정규 조정윤
조정현 조정호 조한슬 조현명 조혜신 조혜인 좌혜선 주날개그늘교회 주식회사비앤 주영서 주한일 지강유철 지동한 지희경 진동수 진성원 진재영 차동민 채보배 채수지 청지기 청파교회 최갑인 최강호 최경은 최계영 최금옥 최단희 최덕주 최명구 최민영 최서리 최서현 최성기 최성식 최수헌 최순덕 최승환 최영희 최예진 최원규 최유신 최윤정 최인경 최진 최진우 최진호 최태현 최하늘 최호연 추선희 추은총 태원우 팽재호 편세정 표나혜 하종현 한경태 한빛누리 한상섭 한상엽 한샘교회 한서희 한선영 한성교회
한윤정 한재우 한정민 한정원 한창완 한호동 함께하는 교회 허성호 허재원 허진영 현소은 현지원 형사정책연구원 형정석 홍민정 홍민호 홍석재 홍성수 홍순혁 홍영기 홍영미 홍인기 홍준기 황미지 황보현 황성주 황영희 황은정 황재웅 황정근 황필규 황현영 James Cogswell Jamie Namkung Patricia Goedde UNHCR zhouzhiyi
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