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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 and to consider
the possibility of implementing a further 56 recommendations made in the third cycle;
28.
Further encourages the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea to provide comprehensive information detailing progress on the implementation of the
recommendations it accepted in the previous cycles of the universal periodic review,
including with regard to the ratification or accession to core international human rights
instruments to which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is still not a party, in
particular the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, to further expand cooperation with other United Nations human rights
mechanisms in order to address all human rights violations and abuses in the country and to
take all measures necessary to fully fulfil the obligations under international instruments to
which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a party, including the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Optional Protocol to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
29.
Encourages the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to
constructively engage and participate in the fourth cycle of the universal periodic review, and
to allow independent civil society organizations to operate openly and to provide stakeholder
submissions, in view of the adoption of the outcome report scheduled at the fifty-eighth
session of the Human Rights Council;
30.
Encourages the United Nations system, including its specialized agencies,
States, regional intergovernmental organizations, interested institutions, independent experts
and non-governmental organizations to develop constructive dialogue and cooperation with
special procedure mandate holders, including the Special Rapporteur, and the field-based
structure of the Office of the High Commissioner;
31.
Encourages all States, the United Nations system, including its relevant
specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and forums, civil society
organizations, foundations and engaged business enterprises and other stakeholders towards
which the commission of inquiry has directed recommendations to take those
recommendations forward;
32.
Encourages all States, the United Nations system, including its relevant
specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and forums, civil society
organizations, foundations and engaged business enterprises and other stakeholders to
support efforts aimed at improving dialogue on and engagement with regard to the
humanitarian and human rights situation, including international abductions, in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and inter-Korean dialogue;
33.
Urges the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to refrain from the use of
deadly and other excessive force at its borders and elsewhere, to work with the international
community, including the United Nations system, and to facilitate conditions to alleviate the
suffering of the citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and to allow
international staff to operate in the country so that the international community can provide
assistance based on independent needs assessments, including of persons experiencing
vulnerability in detention centres, and a monitoring capacity, consistent with international
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