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North defends its rights record, citing CIA report 
Date : December 13, 2014
After several attepts to defend its dire human rights record, Pyongyang criticizes Washington for its inhuman torture methods, which were revealed recently in a U.S.
U.S. tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more' 
Date : December 13, 2014
The top U.S. human rights official, along with two North Korean defectors, warned North Korea the United States would pressure the country to end human rights abuses and
UNSC considers NK rights situation as a potential agenda 
Date : December 9, 2014
Members of the UN Security Council gathered on Friday to ask for the rights situation in North Korea to be included in the councils agenda. Sharing the belief that the
North Korea slams U.S. as tundra of human rights 
Date : December 5, 2014
North Korea used the failure of a grand jury to indict a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer for fatally shooting a black teen as an opportunity to slam the United States
N Korea furious over UN human rights ruling 
Date : November 26, 2014
North Korea's top military body has warned of "catastrophic consequences" for supporters of the latest United Nations censure on its human rights record, as state media r
United Nations Urges North Korea Prosecutions 
Date : November 20, 2014
United Nations members voted decisively on Tuesday for a groundbreaking resolution that condemns North Korea for human rights abuses and for the first time recommends the
U.N. resolution on NK human rights may easily pass panel: official 
Date : November 18, 2014
A United Nations resolution calling for the referral of North Korea's dismal human rights situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) may easily pass through a U.
China likely to veto Norths referral to ICC: envoy 
Date : November 8, 2014
A month after Japan and the European Union disseminated a draft resolution in the United Nations calling for the North Korean regime to be referred to the International C
EU, Japan calls for UN vote on N. Korea war crimes probe 
Date : November 8, 2014
The European Union and Japan yesterday presented a United Nations resolution calling for a probe of the Pyongyang regime for crimes against humanity. We cannot ign
North Korea Tries on the Charm to Avoid ICC Referral 
Date : October 31, 2014
Earlier this year, international pressure on North Korea began to increase, when a U.N. report by a commission of inquiry laid out widespread abuses, including a harsh sy
UN investigator, North Korea meet again on visit 
Date : October 31, 2014
A U.N. human rights investigator met for a second time Wednesday with a North Korean official on a possible groundbreaking visit and the North's demand that a U.N. effort
U.N. human rights rapporteur calls for referring N. Korea to ICC 
Date : October 29, 2014
The U.N. special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights situation called Tuesday for referring the communist nation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to show th
At U.N., China asked to back rights case against North Korea 
Date : October 27, 2014
The chief U.N. investigator into human rights cases in North Korea said on Wednesday he has appealed to China to support calls to refer Pyongyang's actions to The Hague o
North Korea Challenges U.N. Report on Violations 
Date : October 23, 2014
One of North Korea's most senior diplomats, U.N. envoy Jang Il-hun, warned that if any effort was made to charge the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, with crimes against hu
N. Korean defectors to testify at U.N. on gulags 
Date : October 21, 2014
Two North Korean defectors said Tuesday they will visit the United Nations next week to join a forum on political prison camps in the communist nation.The forum to be hos
 
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