Seryon Lee is Professor of International Law at Jeonbuk National University School of Law, Korea. She does most of her research in the field of international public law, focusing on international human rights, International humanitarian law and international dispute settlement. She has been serving as a member of government committees such the National Refugee Committee at the Ministry of Justice (2016- present) and Advisory Committee on Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2022-present). She was as a member of Committee on Sustainable Use of Dokdo under the Prime Minister’s Office (2019-2023). Prof.Lee is currently a member of Advisory Committee for International Humanitarian Law at the Korean National Red Cross. In particular, she actively engaged in activities at the ILA Korean Branch by serving as an Executive Editor of the Korean Yearbook of International Law (2014- 2019).

She holds a B.A in Political Science (The University of Chicago), LL.M. in International Legal Studies (New York University School of Law), and Ph.D. in Law (Yonsei University, Korea). Some of her recent publications include “Virtual Assets and Terrorism” (2022), “COVID-19 Crisis and Restriction on Human Rights: A Threat to EU’s Solidarity on Asylum Policy and Challenges Ahead” (2021), “A Study on Exclusion of Refugees under International Refugee Law” (2021), A Panoramic Review of the State Practice Section in the Asian Yearbook, Asian Yearbook of International Law (2021), and more.

Prof. Lee has participated in a number of government-funded research projects which includes the topics on domestic implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (2022), EU AI Act(2022), Sanctions against North Korea(2021), Lethal Autonomous Weapons and International Law(2019), Developing the Code of Ethics for National Police Agency(2018), Access to Marine Genetic Resources in Selected country(2017), US Trade Remedies and Nagoya Protocol (2017), and Investor-Arbitration Dispute Settlement (2017).