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March 21, 2022 News

Advancing Accountability in North Korea

Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur

Human Rights Watch would like to thank Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana for his work, and in particular his attention to the aggravated food crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) resulting from the government’s extreme and…

April 15, 2021 News

Hearing on Civil and Political Rights in the Republic of Korea: Implications for Human Rights on the Peninsula

Testimony of John Sifton to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Thank you to the committee for their sustained focus on human rights issues on the Korean peninsula. It is a topic that always deserves more attention. My testimony today will focus on the Biden administration’s current review of US policy on North…

January 15, 2021 News

Human Rights Watch Submission on Progress in Accountability for Human Rights Violations in North Korea for the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the 46th Human Rights Council Session

Progress and limitations on accountability issues in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea seven years after the COI report, and the way forward In January 2013, Navi Pillay, then-United Nations high commissioner for human rights, described…

March 9, 2020 News

Advancing Accountability in North Korea

Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK

Human Rights Watch thanks Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana for his work on human rights in North Korea, and in particular his attention to abuses against women documented in his latest report. Sex and gender-based discrimination and subordination of…

March 12, 2019 News

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue under item 4 with Special Rapporteur on DPRK

Human Rights Watch would like to thank the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, for his ongoing work to address gross and systemic human rights abuses in North Korea. The last year has…

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

June 27, 2018 News

UN Human Rights Council: As US Retreats, Other Countries Need To Work Together in Defense of Human Rights

Item 4 General Debate

At a time when courageous leadership in defense of human rights is most critical, Human Rights Watch regrets the self-defeating decision by the United States to withdraw from this Council. By walking away, the US is turning its back not just on the…

The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

March 12, 2018 News

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Human Rights Watch thanks Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana for his work on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We welcome his continued support to advance accountability for gross and systematic human rights…

June 29, 2017 News

Canada: Court Decision a Global Threat to Information Access

Canada’s Supreme Court on June 28, 2017 upheld a lower court’s injunction to require Google to delist web pages from a company that had been copying and selling a product belonging to Equustek Solutions Inc.. Google had already delisted all the company’s…

March 13, 2017 News

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Item 4

Human Rights Watch welcomes Tomas Ojea Quintana to his new role as Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We thank him for his comprehensive report, and welcome his endorsement of the recommendations…

Soldiers walk under pictures of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the capital's main ceremonial square after a mass rally and parade on May 10, 2016.

March 9, 2017 News

Human Rights Council: With Human Rights under Threat, a Time for Leadership

Item 2 – Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on his Annual Report

We share the High Commissioner’s concerns about current threats to human rights values, and to the international framework itself. Whether the Council can rise to these challenges will depend on a number of factors. First, leadership: many…

March 14, 2016 News

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Statement delivered under Item 4

Human Rights Watch thanks Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman for his many years of work on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We welcome his comments and in particular his recommendation to create a special panel of…

October 9, 2015 News

ICNK Statement at the 70th Anniversary of the Korean Worker’s Party

(Seoul) – The international community should demand that the North Korean government immediately end its pervasive abuses of human rights instead of lauding its ruling Korean Workers’ Party on the 70th anniversary of its founding, said…

September 21, 2015 News

UN Human Rights Council: the human rights situation in North Korea

Statement delivered as part of the Panel on the DPRK

Human Rights Watch welcomes today’s presentation by the panelists. Their perspectives reinforce the findings of last year’s commission of inquiry report, which concluded that since 1950, the North Korean government has systematically kidnapped nationals…

April 29, 2015 News

“North Korea’s Forced Labor Enterprise: A State-Sponsored Marketplace in Human Trafficking”

Testimony of John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission United States Congress Thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important subject. The issue of North Koreans being subjected to forced labor…

March 16, 2015 News

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Statement delivered under Item 4

Human Rights Watch welcomes Marzuki Darusman’s last report after five years as Special Rapporteur and we agree with his main conclusions and recommendations. Although the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea led to the international…

December 19, 2014 News

ICNK Welcomes the Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in the DPRK

(New York) – The International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK), consisting of over 40 human rights groups from around the world, wholeheartedly welcomed the passage of the UN General Assembly resolution on the situation of…

September 19, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

HRC 27 -- Statement Delivered Under Item 6

North Korea continues to deny the existence of political prison camps despite overwhelming evidence and clear satellite imagery that shows they exist. North Korea has rejected all the recommendations asking the Government to acknowledge the existence of…

September 8, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Welcoming New High Commissioner Prince Zeid and Highlighting Obstacles HRC is Facing

Statement Delivered Under Item 2

We welcome the introductory statement of High Commissioner Prince Zeid and wish him all the best in his new role. One of the key challenges the High Commissioner has highlighted is addressing the root causes of gross human rights violations, including the…

June 18, 2014 News

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK

Oral Statement Delivered Under Item 4

We would like to thank the Special Rapporteur for his efforts to secure the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry, for his important contributions to the inquiry, and for the follow up report which he has presented to the Human Rights Council today.…

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Advancing Accountability in North Korea

Hearing on Civil and Political Rights in the Republic of Korea: Implications for Human Rights on the Peninsula

Human Rights Watch Submission on Progress in Accountability for Human Rights Violations in North Korea for the Special Rapporteur’s Report to the 46th Human Rights Council Session

Advancing Accountability in North Korea

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

UN Human Rights Council: As US Retreats, Other Countries Need To Work Together in Defense of Human Rights

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Canada: Court Decision a Global Threat to Information Access

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Human Rights Council: With Human Rights under Threat, a Time for Leadership

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

ICNK Statement at the 70th Anniversary of the Korean Worker’s Party

UN Human Rights Council: the human rights situation in North Korea

“North Korea’s Forced Labor Enterprise: A State-Sponsored Marketplace in Human Trafficking”

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

ICNK Welcomes the Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in the DPRK

UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the UPR Outcome of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

UN Human Rights Council: Welcoming New High Commissioner Prince Zeid and Highlighting Obstacles HRC is Facing

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the DPRK

UPR Submission: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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