This edition mainly concerns the UN Commission of Inquiry for Human Rights in North Korea, created in March 2013, and the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC).
UN Commission of Inquiry for Human Rights in North Korea
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Dossier: Commissions of Inquiry
“Now we know”: A Summary of the UN Report on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
by AuthorIn 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.”
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Im Sook and the SAGE working group hoped that the public would “pay attention to this place deprived of love” because according to them it should not be forgotten.
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The firm conclusion by the COI that North Korea has been committing crimes against humanity needed further action. There was skepticism on the follow up. What were the chances that the UN Security Council would pick up on conclusions and recommendations and refer the case to be properly investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC)?