North Korea: Act on Abuses Cited at UN

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image North Korean ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Jo Chol Su, attends a working group session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in North Korea on November 7, 2024. © Kyodo via AP Images (Geneva) – The North Korean government should urgently act on the recommendations from United Nations member states during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of North Korea’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch and Transitional Justice Working Group said today.In the UPR draft report circulated…

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