Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 28 February (HL Deb, col 714), whether at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council they will support recommendations (1) to establish an <i>ad hoc</i> tribunal, or (2) to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court.

The UK welcomes the recent UN Group of Independent Experts report on accountability for those who commit human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK). We support further work on their recommendations by the Special Rapporteur on DPRK Human Rights and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure the most effective framework for accountability can be established.