The 56 Adoptees Who Received TRC 2 Judgments Have Only Around 2-3 Years To File An Independent Civil Lawsuit in S. Korea.

*Please note: Our sole purpose in sharing this information is to ensure that the 56 Adoptees who received TRC 2 (Second Truth and Reconciliation Commission) judgments are aware of their legal options. We have no financial stake in the matter—our only concern is that these Adoptees are informed about the legal path forward, especially given the limited time frame available to act.

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For anyone of the 56 Korean Adoptees who received a TRC 2 (Second Truth and Reconciliation Commission) judgment: you should know that these judgments effectively pause the standard statute of limitations, giving recipients an estimated 2–3 year window to pursue legal action. After this time frame, the opportunity to file a lawsuit may be lost.

There are Korean lawyers willing to support Adoptees in filing individual civil lawsuits. Several of them spoke recently at the National Assembly, and you can read more about that event here:

Significance and Tasks of the TRC’s Human Rights Violation Decision on Intercountry Adoption

Please contact MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society IF you are one of the 56 who received a TRC 2 judgment and if you have interest in filing an individual civil case.

MINBYUN

*Please note that these are Korean lawyers who may not speak English. We highly recommend you use ChatGPT to translate an introductory email in POLITE Korean. Go to ChatGPT.com, click “stay logged out” and type:

Translate to polite Korean: then type your text.

Please note that none of the Korean lawyers who spoke at the “Significance and Tasks” event appear to endorse pursuing class action criminal lawsuits. All of the Korean lawyers appear to endorse pursuing individual civil lawsuits as the only possible legal course of action for the 56 Adoptees who received TRC 2 judgments. The lawyers who spoke at the event are highly regarded and many represent law firms which have worked with Adoptees for years.

Please note that DKRG does not appear to be connecting the 56 Adoptees who received legal judgments to Korean lawyers—nor have they made clear to Adoptees that there is a limited timeframe in which to pursue individual civil lawsuits. DKRG may prefer to pursue class action criminal lawsuits, but none of the Korean lawyers see this as a viable path forward. We feel that Adoptees should be made aware of all of their legal options, and not have their legal options obfuscated. No one in DKRG leadership is an actual lawyer.

If you're one of the 56 and are interested in pursuing a civil case, consider reaching out to legal organizations like MINBYUN (of which GongGam is a member). Please keep in mind that this path can be costly and offers no guarantees—but it is an option that should not be overlooked, even if this pathway is not being made known. 

Please do NOT reach out to these law firms if you are not one of the 56 who received a TRC 2 judgment. Thank you!

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Danish Translation via ChatGPT:
*Please note that the ENGLISH version has the most amount of updated information.

Til enhver af de 56, der har modtaget en TRC 2-afgørelse: Du bør vide, at disse afgørelser reelt set sætter den almindelige forældelsesfrist på pause og giver modtagerne et vindue på cirka 2–3 år til at anlægge sag. Efter denne periode kan muligheden for at føre en retssag gå tabt.

Der er koreanske advokater, der er villige til at støtte adopterede i at føre individuelle civile søgsmål. Flere af dem talte for nylig i Nationalforsamlingen, og du kan læse mere om det arrangement her:

Significance and Tasks of the TRC’s Human Rights Violation Decision on Intercountry Adoption

Hvis du er en af de 56 og er interesseret i at føre en civil sag, kan du overveje at kontakte juridiske organisationer som GongGam eller MINBYUN. Vær opmærksom på, at denne proces kan være dyr og ikke giver nogen garantier – men det er en mulighed, som ikke bør overses, selvom den ikke bliver gjort tydeligt tilgængelig.

Kontakt venligst IKKE disse advokatfirmaer, medmindre du er en af de 56, der har modtaget en TRC 2-afgørelse. 

Tak!

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Dutch Translation via ChatGPT:
*Please note that the ENGLISH version has the most amount of updated information.

Voor iedereen van de 56 die een TRC 2-uitspraak heeft ontvangen: je moet weten dat deze uitspraken de standaard verjaringstermijn feitelijk pauzeren, waardoor ontvangers een geschatte periode van 2–3 jaar krijgen om juridische stappen te ondernemen. Na deze periode kan de mogelijkheid om een rechtszaak aan te spannen verloren gaan.

Er zijn Koreaanse advocaten die bereid zijn om geadopteerden te ondersteunen bij het indienen van individuele civiele rechtszaken. Verschillende van hen spraken onlangs in de Nationale Vergadering, en je kunt hier meer lezen over dat evenement:

Significance and Tasks of the TRC’s Human Rights Violation Decision on Intercountry Adoption

Als je één van de 56 bent en geïnteresseerd bent in het starten van een civiele zaak, overweeg dan om contact op te nemen met juridische organisaties zoals GongGam of MINBYUN. Houd er rekening mee dat dit traject kostbaar kan zijn en geen garanties biedt — maar het is een optie die niet over het hoofd mag worden gezien, ook al wordt er geen ruchtbaarheid aan gegeven.

Neem geen contact op met deze advocatenkantoren als je niet één van de 56 bent die een TRC 2-uitspraak heeft ontvangen. Dank je wel!