A/HRC/34/66 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Contents I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Latest developments ...................................................................................................................... 3 A. Political and security situation .............................................................................................. 3 B. Impact of the August 2016 flood .......................................................................................... 5 C. Engagement of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with United Nations human rights mechanisms ..................................................................................................... 7 III. Issues of particular concern ........................................................................................................... 8 IV. The way forward ........................................................................................................................... 12 A. Efforts to engage by the Special Rapporteur ........................................................................ 12 B. Group of independent experts on accountability .................................................................. 13 C. Field-based structure of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Seoul ................................................................................................... 14 Civil society organizations.................................................................................................... 15 Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................. 16 D. V. 2