Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea
Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People¡¯s Republic of Korea
Human Rights Watch thanks Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana for his work on the human rights situation in the Democratic People¡¯s Republic of Korea. We welcome his continued support to advance accountability for gross and systematic human rights abuses in the country. While North Korea¡¯s limited gestures of engagement on human rights are to be encouraged - including the country visit of the Special Rapporteur on persons with disabilities, the Committee on the rights of the child and the Committee for the elimination of discrimination against women – there is a difference between engagement and progress. There have been no meaningful steps towards stemming or ensuring accountability for crimes against humanity documented by this Council¡¯s Commission of Inquiry, including murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions, sexual violence, persecution, deliberate starvation, and enforced disappearances. ......
[Source: HRW]