Situation of human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
A/RES/74/166
commission of inquiry urged the leadership of the Democratic People ’s Republic of
Korea to prevent and suppress crimes against humanity and to ensure that perp etrators
are prosecuted and brought to justice,
Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council
on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People ’s Republic of Korea, 3
regretting that he still has not been allowed to visit the country and that he has
received no cooperation from the authorities of the Democratic People ’s Republic of
Korea, and taking note also of the comprehensive report of the Secretary -General on
the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea submitted
in accordance with resolution 73/180, 4
Mindful that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 5 the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 5 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 6
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 7
and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 8 and urging full
implementation of these Conventions, and of the recommendations contained in the
concluding observations from treaty body reviews,
Noting the submission, in December 2018, by the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea of its initial report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities, 9
Stressing the importance of submitting the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea third periodic report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, which has been overdue since 30 June 2008, and its third periodic report to
the Human Rights Committee, which has been overdue since 1 January 2004,
Noting the visit of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the
rights of persons with disabilities to the Democratic People ’s Republic of Korea in
2017, and encouraging the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to implement all
of the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur on her visit
to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea submitted to the Human Rights Council
at its thirty-seventh session, 10
Stressing the importance of extending the cooperation of the Government o f the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to other United Nations special procedures
and human rights mechanisms, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in accordance with
their terms of reference,
Acknowledging the participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
in the third universal periodic review process, noting the acceptance by the
Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea of 132 of the 262
recommendations, 11 and its stated commitment to implement them, while expressing
its concern that the recommendations of the two previous reviews have not been
implemented thus far,
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A/74/275/Rev.1.
A/74/268.
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.
Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.
CRPD/C/PRK/1.
A/HRC/37/56/Add.1.
A/HRC/42/10.
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