International Day of Persons with Disabilities 3 December 2020 GENEVA (1 December 2020) – As the world looks beyond COVID-19, UN human rights experts have urged States to ensure that people with...

GENEVA (25 June 2020) – The unprecedented decision by the United States Government to target and sanction individual staff of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a direct attack to the...

Español Korean 한국어 PDF GENEVA / SEOUL (9 June 2020) – A UN independent expert is alarmed that widespread food shortages and malnutrition in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been...

June 5, 2020 This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council: The recent killing of George Floyd has shocked many in the world...

Korean 한국어 PDF GENEVA/SEOUL (9 June 2020) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) recommends several concrete actions to the...

Korean version GENEVA (26 February 2020) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has urged North Korea and the international community to join...

Korean version / 아래 한국어 첨부 GENEVA (13 February 2020) - UN human rights experts* urge the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to repatriate 11 individuals who were forcibly disappeared 50...

Japanese version GENEVA/TOKYO (28 November 2019) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Tomás Ojea Quintana, will...

NEW YORK (24 October 2019) – A UN human rights expert said North Korea’s economic resources were being diverted away from the essential needs of the people as food insecurity remained at alarming...