Human Rights Council
Resolution 7/15.
Situation of human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea.
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, the sixtieth anniversary of which we celebrate this year, the
International Covenants on Human Rights and other human rights instruments,
Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human
Rights and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, including Commission resolutions 2004/13 and 2005/11
and Assembly resolution 62/167, and urging the implementation of those resolutions,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15
March 2006,
Recalling Council resolutions 5/1 on institution-building of the United Nations
Human Rights Council, and 5/2 on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures
Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the
mandate-holder shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and
the annexes thereto,
Bearing in mind the reports on the situation of human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea submitted by the Special Rapporteur, including reports
A/62/264 and A/HRC/7/20 and urging the implementation of the recommendations
therein,
Having reviewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
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