GENEVA (23 June 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will conduct an official visit to South Korea from...
SUMMARY • Winter and spring crops have been affected by poor water supply from snowmelt due to historically low snow cover. Furthermore, severe rainfall deficits affected southern crop producing...
OVERVIEW The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is protracted and multifaceted. The harsh climate, natural disasters, and governmental policies that have shown...
SÍNTESIS En diciembre de 2021 se cumplen los 10 años del régimen de Kim Jong-un en la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC / Corea del Norte), y casi 8 años desde que la comisión de...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY December 2021 marks 10 years of Kim Jong-un’s rule in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK/North Korea), and nearly 8 years since the United Nations Commission of Inquiry...
FROM Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell LOCATION Geneva We are deeply concerned about the likely human rights impact of the first officially reported outbreak...
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra evaluates the first and second-order challenges Pyongyang is likely to face as it confronts a COVID-19 outbreak On 13 and 14 May 2022, North Korea reported 1,74,400 and...
New Delhi | 16 May 2022 Expressing concern at the COVID-19 outbreak in DPR Korea, the World Health Organization today reiterated its commitment to support the country respond to the pandemic. “WHO is...
Responding to North Korean state media declaring a “maximum national emergency” after the country’s first officially reported Covid-19 outbreak, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is committed to helping the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), respond to COVID-19, after its first declared infection was...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report presents findings from four years of research to document and map three types of locations connected to human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of...
Executive Summary “International norms and standards require that those responsible for human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in particular for crimes against...
Mr. President, Excellencies, I am grateful for this opportunity to provide the Council with an update on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Our Office has...
DELIVERED BY Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General AT 49th Session of the HRC Mr. President, Excellencies, I am grateful for this opportunity to provide the Council with an update on the...
GENEVA (21 March 2022) – The international community must step up to the challenge of reviving engagement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to address serious human rights violations, a...
Human Rights Council Forty-ninth session 28 February– 1 April 2022 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on...
Deepening Systematic Repression Creates Humanitarian Crisis (New York) – North Korea’s unnecessary and extreme restrictions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic helped tighten government control while...
In Numbers WFP’s interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP) needs in 2022: $21 million 566,886 people assisted from January to March 2021 (the last food distribution) 891.5 mt of fortified food and 4,970...
Kim Dynasty’s Legacy of Brutal Repression, Starvation (Seoul) – The 10th anniversary of the death of North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Il should focus global attention on the brutal rule of his...
Seventy-sixth session Item 75 (c) of the provisional agenda* Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Summary The...