Dr Minwoo Kim

Minwoo Kim is the professor by special appointment of the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University and Managing Director of Asia Business and Human Rights Center at Human Asia. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Korea University for research on business and human rights, and since then, he has been focusing on research in that field as a Research Professor of Human Rights Center and International Human Rights Center at Korea University. Currently, he is serving for the Korean Association of Human Rights Studies as a director of the business and human rights department and also for several leading SOEs as a member of their business and human rights committees.

As a BHR(Business and Human Rights)expert and advisor in cooperation with the NHRI, he has dedicated himself to the development of BHR guidance and educational programs for companies and public organizations and conducted Human Rights Impact Assessments for them. He currently teaches human rights courses including ‘Business and Human Rights’ and ‘Human Rights in Asia’ at the GSIS, Korea University. His research interests are specialized primarily in business and human rights issues such as New Technologies and Human Rights, Human Rights Impact Assessment and Human Rights Due Diligence.