North Korea: Human Rights

(asked on 25th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the recommendations in the report of February 2014 by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are implemented.


This question was answered on 8th February 2016

The UK has strongly supported the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and we remain deeply concerned about the human rights situation in the DPRK the report outlined. We have urged DPRK authorities to respond in detail to the contents of the report and to address the human rights violations that it documents. We also maintain pressure on the DPRK on human rights through multilateral fora, such as the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council, and through our critical engagement with DPRK officials in Pyongyang and London. We continue to stress the importance of free and unfettered access to the DPRK by UN officials to investigate the reports of widespread and systemic human rights violations as documented in the Commission of Inquiry report. In addition, through our bilateral programme fund we are able to support projects and initiatives that help to improve the lives of North Korean people.

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