A/HRC/4/15 page 2 Summary The current situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea reveals a number of key violations in a variety of fields. This report has analysed them particularly from the perspective of sustenance: rights pertaining to food, nutrition and related matters; freedoms: rights pertaining to security of the person, humane treatment and justice; asylum: rights pertaining to refugees/those seeking refuge; vulnerability: rights concerning specific groups; and responsibility: rights concerning the responsibility of the State authorities to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, and related accountability. The environment for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was further undermined in 2006 by the various missile and nuclear tests carried out by the country in the face of global condemnation and subsequent Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on the country. Regrettably, it is the ordinary people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who suffer at the hands of the authorities and who bear the brunt of the myriad of abuses which are both systematic and pervasive. It is also regrettable that to date the authorities of the country have declined to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur. The report also provides an update on field visits to Japan, the Republic of Korea and Mongolia. It ends by addressing recommendations to both the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the international community. The report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 1/102.