SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean concentration camp escapee will receive an international human rights award for raising global awareness of atrocities taking place in the communist country, a news report said Tuesday.

The Voice of America (VOA) said the Switzerland-based non-governmental agency UN Watch decided to give the 2013 Moral Courage Award to Shin Dong-hyuk, who has been made famous by his biography "Escape from Camp 14."

   The award ceremony will be held in Geneva's League of Nations Hall on June 5 with the defector scheduled to give a speech to U.N. officials, diplomats and civic group representatives. The date marks the 20th anniversary of the human rights group's creation.