DPR KOREA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS PROBE BEGINS WORK WITH INITIAL DISCUSSIONS IN GENEVA

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DPR KOREA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS PROBE BEGINS WORK WITH INITIAL DISCUSSIONS IN GENEVA
New York, Jul 5 2013 1:00PM
The United Nations panel set up to investigate human rights violations
in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) began its work
this week in Geneva with a number of key meetings as well as
discussions on the strategy, methodology and approach to be taken in
carrying out its mandate.

The three-member Commission of Inquiry met with, among others,
diplomatic missions, UN agencies, scholars and non-governmental
organizations, and welcomed the large amount of information that is
already being provided by witnesses and experts.

The panel was set up by the UN Human Rights Council in March of this
year to look into "systematic, widespread and grave violations of
human rights" in the East Asian nation.

"Our key aim is to help provide the DPRK with the means to improve
the human rights of its population," said the Chairperson of the
Commission, Michael Kirby. "Our work is guided by respect for the
region's proud history, as well as international human rights
standards."

Mr. Kirby, a former Australian judge and previously UN Special
Representative on human rights in Cambodia, is working with Marzuki
Darusman from Indonesia, who is also the current Special Rapporteur on
the situation of human rights in DPRK, and Sonja Biserko, the founder
and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia.

"We have a clear mandate from the Human Rights Council with the aim
of providing hope and prospect to the people of DPRK," said Mr.
Darusman, who along with his co-commissioners briefed reporters in
Geneva today following their initial meetings.

Ms. Biserko said the inquiry is designed to "give voice to the
suffering" of the people of the DPRK. "We are especially keen to
closely look at how the current situation is affecting the lives of
women, children and vulnerable groups in the country."

The commissioners said they had written to DPRK representatives in
Geneva to "seek engagement in a spirit of cooperation and
transparency" but the response has so far been negative.

The panel, which consists of the three commissioners with a
supporting team of nine experienced human rights officials, has
already received an "encouraging" amount of information, and will
shortly publish a call for submissions.

The team is tasked with probing a variety of alleged violations,
including those relating to the right to food, as well as those
associated with prison camps, torture, arbitrary detention,
discrimination, freedom of expression, the right to life, and freedom
of movement. It will also look into enforced disappearances, including
the abduction of nationals of other States.
Jul 5 2013 1:00PM
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