A/HRC/RES/16/8
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 April 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda item 4
Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
16/8
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other human rights instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, the
Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including Council resolution 13/14 of 25 March
2010 and Assembly resolution 65/225 of 21 December 2010, and urging the
implementation of those resolutions,
Bearing in mind paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March
2006,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his/her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Welcoming the reports submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,1 and urging the
implementation of the recommendations contained therein,
Deeply concerned at the continuing reports of systematic, widespread and grave
violations of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights in the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea and at the unresolved questions of international concern relating to the
* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
1
GE.11-12527
the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.
A/65/364 and A/HRC/16/58.