DPRK| US calls for independent human rights institution in N Korea
posted on 12.07.2009 by
From Reuters:
The United States pushed Monday for more scrutiny of human rights conditions in North Korea, telling the U.N. Human Rights Council that it is now impossible to verify claims of abuses in the isolated communist state. Read more
DPRK| Op-Ed: “Sufferings in North Korea Must Be Brought to Light”
posted on 12.07.2009 by
Kjell Magne Bondevik, President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, and former Norwegian prime minister, sheds a spotlight on the human rights situation in North Korea ahead of the Universal Periodic Review in the UN Human Rights Council. In his argument, Bondevik invokes the concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and calls on the UN to analyze whether North Korea has violated the doctrine. Read more
