In a nearly 400 page-long report, the Commission of Inquiry completely and utterly condemned the North Korean state by accusing it of committing systematic and widespread crimes against humanity against its own citizens. These violations – essential components of the totalitarian system, according to the report – are of such gravity, scale and nature that they “reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.”
Dorien Admiraal
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Dossier: Commissions of Inquiry
Reaching out to her North Korean neighbours. An interview with Eun Kyoung Kwon.
by AuthorEun Kyoung Kwon is a modest South Korean woman with a strong and passionate desire to help her North Korean neighbours. For years she and the NGO she works for, Open Radio for North Korea (ORNK), have been active in raising international interest for the deplorable situation of the North Korean people.
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Dossier: Commissions of Inquiry
North Korea Exposed: Truth Or Justice? Sonja Biserko on the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry for Human Rights in North Korea
by AuthorThe findings of the report are appalling, blood chilling for those who read it. Although many facts were already known, this report is unprecedented in the way it sheds light on the scale and nature of the grave human rights violations that have been committed in this country for decades.