Yanghee Lee
Yanghee Lee | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Occupation(s) | 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 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이양희 |
| Revised Romanization | I Yanghui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Yanghŭi |
Yanghee Lee is a South Korean developmental psychologist and professor at Sungkyunkwan University. 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
2009: Human Rights Award of Korea as Winner, National Human Rights Commission of Korea
