Fundamentalism and its impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2016, para. 44
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- One of the world's most extreme examples of political fundamentalism can be found in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Workers' Party of Korea, founded by Kim Il-sung and presided over since by his direct descendants, has ruled for nearly 70 years. Opposition political parties are not permitted to exist and challenges to the ruling party are not tolerated. According to the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, "the police and security forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea systematically employ violence and punishments that amount to gross human rights violations in order to create a climate of fear that pre-empts any challenge to the current system of government and to the ideology underpinning it. The institutions and officials involved are not held accountable. Impunity reigns" (see A/HRC/25/63, para. 56). It is estimated that between 80,000 and 120,000 political prisoners are currently detained (ibid., para. 61). The Human Rights Council has expressed its "grave concern at the detailed findings made by the commission of inquiry in its report, including the denial of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and of the rights to freedom of opinion, expression and association".
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2016
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- SR Freedom of Assembly, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/36, para. 44.
- Paragraph focus
- Political fundamentalism
- Paragraph number
- 44
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