A/HRC/34/66 15. The situation of detainees at various law enforcement detention centres and correction facilities is also of concern. There exists at least one prison camp (prison camp No. 12) in Hoeryong city, which was among the most severely affected areas. 25 No information is available concerning the impact of the flood on political prison camp No. 25, which is reportedly located in Chongjin city, North Hamgyong Province. 26 16. The Special Rapporteur notes with concern that international funding for emergency relief remains inadequate. As of 10 December 2016, the United Nations country team had mobilized only 38 per cent of the $28 million required to respond to the emergency. 27 Similarly, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies had reportedly secured only 25 per cent of its September 2016 emergency appeal for 15 million Swiss francs. 28 Multiple factors could be at work to make the raising of funds for the emergency in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea challenging, including crises in other parts of the world as well as increased tensions on the Korean peninsula. Nevertheless, the Special Rapporteur stresses that political or security concerns should not prevent the provision of life-saving humanitarian aid. C. Engagement of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with United Nations human rights mechanisms 17. The Special Rapporteur has been encouraged by increasing engagement of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with United Nations human rights mechanisms. In line with commitments made during the second cycle of the universal periodic review, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea submitted national reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child in April and May 2016, respectively. The Committee on the Rights of the Child will review the report in September 2017 and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will do so in October. Both occasions will provide an important opportunity to move the human rights agenda forward with the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. These processes also provide a significant opportunity for civil society organizations to push for effective progress on the ground. 18. On 6 December 2016, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Special Rapporteur welcomed the ratification as a useful step forward towards implementing accepted recommendations emanating from the 2014 universal periodic review. 29 The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities similarly congratulated the country on the ratification, 25 26 27 28 29 Korea Institute for National Unification, White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea: 2016 (Seoul, 2016), p. 105. The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, a non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C., reported that, on the basis of satellite images, prison camp No. 12 was affected by the flood, which cut off the roads to the camp and destroyed crops. Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. and Greg Scarlatoiu, North Korea: Flooding at Kyo-wa-so No. 12, Jongo-ri, 16 September 2016 (Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, 2016), available from www.hrnk.org/publications/hrnk-publications.php. Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Andy Dinville and Mike Eley, North Korea: Camp No. 25-Update 2, 29 November 2016 (Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, 2016), available from www.hrnk.org/publications/hrnk-publications.php. Humanitarian dashboard. See www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/press-releases/asia-pacific/korea-democratic-peoples-republicof/ifrc-president-konoe-highlights-continued-humanitarian-needs-of-flood-survivors-following-dprkvisit-/. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21051&LangID=E. 7