Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
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(e) To tackle the root causes leading to outflows of migrants and refugees and
to prosecute, in trials that meet international human rights standards for fair trial,
those involved in migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings and extortion, while
not criminalizing the victims and survivors of trafficking, and ensure that repatriated
women and girls who are victims and survivors of trafficking receive appropriate
support and are not punished, sent to labour camps or prisons or otherwise deprived
of their liberty;
(f) To ensure that everyone within the territory of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea enjoys the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose
their residence, including for the purpose of seeking asylum outside the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, without interference by the authorities of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea;
(g) To ensure that citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who
are expelled or returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are able to
return in safety and dignity, are treated humanely and are not subjected to any kind
of human rights violations and abuses, including enforced disappearances, arbitrary
executions, torture and ill-treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, including
forced abortions and infanticide against repatriated mothers and their children, and
trials that do not conform with international fair trial guarantees, and to provide
information on their status and treatment, in particular of women, children and
persons with disabilities in detention;
(h) To provide citizens of other Member States detained in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea with protections, including freedom of communication
with, and access to, consular officers in accordance with the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations, 35 to which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party,
and any other necessary arrangements to confirm their status and to communicate
with their families;
(i) To extend its full cooperation to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including by granting
her full, free and unimpeded access to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
and to other special procedures of the Human Rights Council, as well as to other
United Nations human rights mechanisms, so that a full assessment of the human
rights situation may be made;
(j) To extend an invitation to the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights to visit the country;
(k) To engage in technical cooperation activities in the field of human rights
with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and his Office,
including the field-based structure in the region, as pursued by the previous High
Commissioner in recent years, with a view to improving the situation of human rights
in the country;
(l) To implement the accepted recommendations stemming from the universal
periodic reviews and to provide comprehensive information detailing progress on the
implementation of the recommendations accepted from the third cycle;
(m) To become a member of the International Labour Organization, to enact
legislation and adopt practices to comply with international labour standards and to
consider ratifying all the relevant conventions, in particular the core labour
conventions of the International Labour Organization;
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