Yanghee Lee
| Yanghee Lee | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | United Nations Special Rapporteur, former chairperson of Committee on the Rights of the Child, developmental psychologist and professor at Sungkyunkwan University |
| Awards | Human Rights Award of Korea |
Yanghee Lee is a developmental psychologist and professor at Sungkyunkwan University in the Republic of Korea. She is most noted for her work in international human rights organisations. She has served in the following roles:
- Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2007-2011).
- Chairperson of the Meeting of Chairpersons of Treaty Bodies (2010-2011).
- United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.[1]
She also founded the International Child Rights Center.
She received her undergraduate education at Georgetown University and her postgraduated education at the University of Missouri-Columbia.[2][3]
She had been awarded 2009 Human Rights Award of Korea, as winner.
Titles, awards and honours
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2009: Human Rights Award of Korea as Winner, National Human Rights Commission of Korea
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