Any strong and viable society must be founded on the fundamental principle of the inherent dignity of each and every human being. With this in mind, leaders of Korea's National Assembly, NGOs, media, academia, and legal profession came together to create the Korea Human Rights Foundation, an independent, non-political and non-profit organization with a long-term vision to help provide meaningful human rights infrastructure in Korea as well as in the Asia Pacific region.

The Korea Human Rights Foundation as such is unique in Korean society and is effective in its ability to engage all interest groups on a neutral and objective footing. A key objective of this new organization, launched in November, 1999, is to support the work of the non-governmental community in its struggle to obtain human rights for all.

To this end, the Korea Human Rights Foundation promotes human rights research and education, encourages the sharing of information, and supports training of human rights activists and students as well as activities of the human rights NGOs in Korea and in the Asia Pacific Region.