A/HRC/22/57 international inquiry affords a measure of protection, especially when coupled with the prospect of future criminal investigations and the deterrent effect such a prospect may have on individual perpetrators. V. Conclusions and recommendations 31. This review of United Nations documentation on the situation human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 2004 points to the need for the establishment of an inquiry mechanism with adequate resources to investigate and more fully document the grave, systematic and widespread violations of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and report to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. The inquiry should examine the issues of institutional and personal accountability for such violations, in particular where they amount to crimes against humanity, and make appropriate recommendations to the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and international community for further action. The inquiry would include: (a) More detailed analysis of the grave, widespread and systematic violations of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea identified in this report, through the collection and documentation of victims’ testimonies and the accounts of survivors, witnesses and perpetrators; (b) More detailed documentation of the most egregious violations of human rights committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in particular closer examination of the widespread and systematic practice of torture and arbitrary detention, and the full range of violations committed in the prison camps, as well as the abduction of foreign nationals; (c) Closer examination of the issue of discrimination in the systemic denial and violation of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, including access to food, restrictions on freedom of movement, freedom of expression, arbitrary arrest and torture; (d) A detailed examination and legal analysis of whether crimes against humanity are being perpetrated in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as well as violation against foreign national such as abductees; and (e) A closer examination of the issue of accountability in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea given the problem of pervasive impunity and almost a decade of non-cooperation by the Government with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 32. The Special Rapporteur also reiterates all recommendations previously made to the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in his reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. 12

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