Human rights in North Korea

North Korea Boycotts UN Human Rights Council Session Examining Its Record

North Korea has announced it will no longer take part in UN Human Rights Council session examining its rights record.…

9 years ago

UN: Over 50,000 North Korean Workers in Forced Labor Abroad

According to a UN investigator’s report, as many as 50,000 North Koreans have been sent abroad to work in conditions…

9 years ago

North Korea urged to close Kwanliso 15 and 16 political prisoner camps

North Korea has been urged by Amnesty International to close two political prisoner camps, where it says torture is rampant…

11 years ago

North Korea: UN inquiry into human rights abuses

Michael Kirby, the chief of a UN inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, says he was "moved to…

11 years ago