[REUTERS/YONHAP] A UN General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the UN system as a whole to continue to ...

We documented North Korea's persistent drive to control ... and reporting body on North Korea, integrating human rights and humanitarian issues with efforts to address the threats to peace and ...

security issues and human rights abuses in North Korea are inexorably connected. Concerned governments should continue to underscore these connections and explore options for investigations.

Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying Pyongyang's syste ...

The envoy on North Korean human rights issues, Julie Turner, visited Seoul and Tokyo in February to discuss North Korea. An annual report this week by the State Department described "significant ...

Alongside the COI’s efforts, non-governmental organizations and governments have taken steps to enact laws and appoint special envoys to address North Korean human rights issues. However ...

After the position lay vacant for six years, the U.S. finally has a nominee to tackle North Korean human rights issues. U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Julie Turner as Special Envoy on North ...

“Some countries have some reservations about human rights issues being discussed in the ... June presidency that unlike other countries, North Korea’s human rights situation is part of the ...

The adoption came as Seoul and Washington have stressed the importance of improvement in the ... on the human rights situation, including that of separated families, following the announcement of the ...

North Korean soldiers gaze across an ... monitoring and reporting body on North Korea, integrating human rights and humanitarian issues with efforts to address the threats to peace and security ...

SEOUL – North Korea accused the US on April 27 of politicising human rights in the East Asian country, denouncing what it called political provocation and conspiracy. Pyongyang will make stern ...