Sonja Biserko

Sonja Biserko

Sonja Biserko (Serbian Cyrillic: Соња Бисерко; born 14 February 1948) is a Serbian campaigner for human rights. She is the founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia.[1]

On 8 May 2013, she was appointed as a member of the United Nations human rights investigation into North Korea, with Michael Kirby and Marzuki Darusman.[2] On 18 February 2014, they published a report which received worldwide attention.[3]

  1. ^ City of Weimar Human Rights Prize award address, Sharon Silber, 10 December 2009 [1]; retrieved 30 April 2009
  2. ^ Council President appoints Members of Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People's Republic in Korea; retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Report of the Commission of Inquiry on HR in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea". Ohchr.org. Retrieved 2015-11-26.