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all information and testimonies, with a view to developing possible strategies to be used in
any future accountability process;
16.
Requests the High Commissioner to provide an oral update on the progress
made in this regard to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-first session and to submit a full
report on the implementation of the recommendations to the Council at its sixty-fourth
session, and recalls its request to the High Commissioner in its resolution 55/21 to submit a
comprehensive report containing an update on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 2014, when the report of the commission of
inquiry was published, and taking stock of the implementation of the commission’s
recommendations, to the Council at its sixtieth session, to be followed by an enhanced
interactive dialogue;
17.
Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in accordance with Human Rights
Council resolution 37/28, for a period of one year;
18.
Requests the High Commissioner to continue to explore options for
strengthening, institutionalizing and further advancing work on accountability in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the report to be submitted to the Human Rights
Council at its sixty-fourth session;
19.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to organize a series
of consultations and outreach activities with victims, affected communities and other relevant
stakeholders with a view to ensuring a victim-centred approach to accountability and to
including their views in avenues for accountability;
20.
Calls again upon all parties concerned, including United Nations bodies, to
consider implementing the recommendations made by the commission of inquiry in its report
in order to address the dire situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, and recommendations made by the group of independent experts on accountability,
the Special Rapporteur, the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner;
21.
Encourages the field-based structure of the Office of the High Commissioner
in Seoul to continue its endeavours, welcomes its regular reports to the Human Rights
Council, and invites the High Commissioner to provide the Council with regular updates on
the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
22.
Calls upon all States to undertake to ensure that the field-based structure of the
Office of the High Commissioner can function with independence, that it has sufficient
resources to fulfil its mandate, that it enjoys full cooperation with relevant States and that it
is not subjected to any reprisals or threats;
23.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to report on its follow-up efforts
in the regular annual report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly on
the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
24.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit regular reports to the Human Rights
Council and to the General Assembly on the implementation of the mandate, including on
the follow-up efforts made in the implementation of the recommendations of the commission
of inquiry;
25.
Urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, through
continuous dialogues, to invite and to cooperate fully with all special procedure mandate
holders, especially the Special Rapporteur, to give the Special Rapporteur and supporting
staff unrestricted access to visit the country, to provide them with all information necessary
to enable them to fulfil such a mandate and to promote technical cooperation with the Office
of the High Commissioner;
26.
Encourages the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to
extend an invitation to the Office of the High Commissioner to visit the country;
27.
Also encourages the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea to fulfil its stated commitment to implement the accepted recommendations contained
in the outcome reports of the previous cycles of the universal periodic review;
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