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Emergency and Humanitarian Action - Country Report: DPRK |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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A Hazard profile and summary of the recent and/or current threats or emergencies facing North Korea, including natural and human induced disasters, health hazards, and humanitarian issues. It discusses the current disaster management system and outlines the World Health Organization's role within it. Source: World Health Organization |
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A Matter of Survival: The North Korean Government's Control of Food and the... |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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This report covers the nature of the past and ongoing food crisis and the North Korean regime's culpability in it. It discusses in detail the actions of the DPRK government and how they contributed to the crisis, and what needs to be done by them, the ROK government and the International community in order to solve North Korea's hunger. Source: Human Rights Watch |
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Taken! North Korea¡¯s Criminal Abduction of Citizens in Other Countries |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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An in-depth and comprehensive history and analysis of North Korea¡¯s state-sponsored policy of abducting citizens of other countries. This criminal enterprise dates back to the earliest days of the regime, and to policy decisions made by Kim II-sung himself. Those abducted came from widely diverse backgrounds, numerous nationalities, both genders, and all ages. During the 1960¡Çs, 93,000 Koreans were lured from Japan and held against their will in North Korea. A decade later, children of North Korean agents were apparently kidnapped in order to control their parents. Source: The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea |
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"Thank You Father Kim Il Sung" |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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By David Hawk, 133 pages. Eyewitness Accounts of Severe Violations of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion in North Korea. This paper reports on the forceful suppression of North Korea's once vibrant religious and intellectual life, the establishment of a quasi-religious cult of personality centered on Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il, and the survival of very limited religious activity in North Korea. Source: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom |
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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This report covers the second half of the 2010 and the beginning of 2011. That period saw some of the most volatile situations in the Korean Peninsula since the inter-Korean war and attempts made to change the leadership in the DPRK.Source: Human Rights Council (At the UN General Assembly) |
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#72: Religious Freedom Conditions in the DPRK |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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There continues to be a pressing need on the international level for further, more effective action that addresses the ongoing repression of religious freedom and other human rights in North Korea and the persistent problem of North Korean refugees in China. The international community¡¯s understandable focus on nuclear security should not diminish diplomatic efforts to address human security in North Korea—indeed nuclear security and human security should be linked. Source: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom |
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An Absence of Choice: The Sexual Exploitation of North Korean Women in China |
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Date : November 9, 2011 |
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A comprehensive look at the risks North Korean women face in China, especially the trafficking of them conducted by both Chinese and Koreans. It draws upon first hand interviews with women who faced such issues and lays down legal arguments for their protection as a responsibility of the International community. Source: Anti-Slavery International |
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Survival under Torture: Briefing Report on the Situation of Torture in the DPRK |
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Date : November 8, 2011 |
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This report focuses on the following three objectives: first, it analyses how North Korean refugees had been tortured during the process of interrogation by the National Security Agency and the People¡¯s Safety Agency in detention facilities from 1993 to 2008 and estimates whether there has been actual improvement of human rights in the DPRK; second, according to the information accumulated through the NKHR¡¯s researches, it explains the duty of the DPRK to prohibit torture under international and domestic laws; third, it presents a few recommendations to the North Korean authorities and proposals to the United Nations and the UN Special Rapporteurs for better protection of human rights in the DPRK. Source: Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights |
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Child is King of the Country: Briefing Report on the Situation of the Rights of ... |
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Date : November 8, 2011 |
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A situation report on the rights of the child in the DPRK which was conducted with an aim of reviewing the children¡¯s rights situation in North Korea, providing assessment of recent improvements or worsening conditions, and analyzing the cause of these changes. An in-depth investigation into children¡¯s rights, including education, health care, international humanitarian aid, issues of child labour, and the military use of children, based upon interviews with 50 defectors from North Korea. Source: Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights |
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The Last Outposts of Slavery of the Past XX Century |
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Date : November 8, 2011 |
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The detainees at the North Korean political penal-labor colonies and the South Korean POWs and civilian abductees are the last slaves of the 20th century who continue to be deprived of even the minimum of human rights. They are the victims of the ideological struggle of the communists, and strident antagonistic inter-Korean relations. Yet, even though the Cold War has already been resolved in many ways, these victims of history still need to be saved. Source: Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights |
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North Korea: Case to Answer, Call to Act |
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Date : November 8, 2011 |
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The analysis focuses primarily on the extensive political prison camp system where 200,000 people are believed to be held. It has been written by international lawyers and provides extensive testimonies and quotes from North Koreans. It represents the culmination of seven years of research and draws heavily on interviews and consultations with over 80 North Korean defectors. Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide |
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