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December 16, 2019 Letter

Letter to President Moon Jae-in RE: ROK’s stance on human rights in North Korea

December 10, 2019 Dispatches

Who Cares About North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses?

Trump Administration Again Blocks UN Meeting on Abuses

The UN Security Council holds a meeting on November 20, 2019, at United Nations headquarters in New York.
December 5, 2019 Dispatches

No Free Pass for North Korea’s Abuses

UN Security Council Should Confront Atrocious Rights Record

Kim Jong-Un watches a performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 23, 2017.
November 12, 2019 News Release

South Korea Deports Two From North to Likely Abuse

Rapid Return Disregards International Prohibition Against Torture

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Lee Sang-min briefs the media at a government complex in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. South Korea says it has deported 2 North Koreans after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen on
June 24, 2019 Letter

Letter to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne

Re: Protecting Human Rights in Australia’s Foreign Policy

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June 24, 2019 News Release

Australia: Protect Human Rights in Foreign Policy

Human Rights Council Seat Demands Greater Leadership

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May 14, 2019 News Release

China: Protect 7 North Koreans Fleeing Oppression

Forced Return Exposes Them to Risk of Torture, Other Abuses

Pedestrians walk by a statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong outside the railway station in the Chinese city of Dandong bordering North Korea in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019.
March 12, 2019 Statement

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue under item 4 with Special Rapporteur on DPRK

201801wr_northkorea_human_rights   North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participates in the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central New
February 20, 2019 Commentary

Why Trump Needs to Raise Human Rights with North Korea’s Kim

Good Policy, and It’s the Law

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore on June 12, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo /Evan Vucci
February 11, 2019 Commentary

Europe should press the UN on North Korea's human rights abuses

Security Council members cast their votes in favor of the adoption of the agenda on human rights abuses by North Korea in New York on December 10, 2015.
January 17, 2019 News Release

North Korea: No Justice for Human Rights Crimes

World Must Speak Out for Rights and Sexual Violence Victims

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore on June 12, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo /Evan Vucci
December 9, 2018 Dispatches

Giving North Korea Abuses a Free Pass

UN Security Council Misses Key Opportunity to Confront Atrocious Rights Record

Kim Jong-Un watches a performance in Pyongyang, North Korea, on February 23, 2017.
November 1, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Sexual Violence Against Women by Officials

Impunity for Assault and Rape by Men in Power

Woman being questioned by a secret police investigator. Former detainees say that secret police investigators can easily harass female detainees during questioning.
October 12, 2018 UPR

Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK

33rd session of the UPR

201801asia_northkorea_wr2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un participates in the opening of the 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agen
August 21, 2018 News Release

Japan: Protect Victims Enticed to North Korea

Historical ‘Paradise on Earth’ Campaign a Rights Disaster

Five plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against North Korea for the “Paradise on Earth” campaign hold a banner, accompanied by their supporters, in Tokyo, August 19, 2018.

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