A/HRC/31/38 accountability processes and other transitional justice mechanisms. As of December 2015, it had interviewed 35 individuals who have left the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 52. During a mission to Japan, from 9 to 13 November 2015, staff from OHCHR (Seoul) met in Tokyo and Osaka with representatives of the Government and civil society, including researchers. They also met individuals who had left the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and relatives of victims and of possible victims of abductions. In addition, they interviewed individuals who had left Japan for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea during the “Paradise on Earth” campaign, from 1958 to 1984, and had suffered serious human rights violations in that context. 53. OHCHR (Seoul) worked closely with Governments, the diplomatic community in Seoul, civil society and others to raise awareness of the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Office staff made presentations at civil society seminars, including a Korean Bar Association seminar on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on 30 June; the Asia Human Rights Forum on regional cooperation for transitional justice in Asia and human rights in North Korea, on 18 September; the North Korea Human Rights and Peace Forum at Seoul National University, on 1 October; the Seoul Dialogue for Human Rights, on 11 November; the United Nations human rights monitoring mechanisms and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, organized by Human Asia, on 12 November; the Korean War Abductees Family Union Conference on Transitional Justice, on 30 November; and the tenth anniversary of the Radio Broadcasting for North Korea Initiative, on 10 December. Staff from the office also addressed the fourth North Korean Human Rights Forum in Europe, organized on 19 October in Spain by the Korea Institute for National Unification; and the International symposium on international cooperation towards resolution of the abduction issue, organized by the Government of Japan in Tokyo, on 12 December. 54. On 27 November 2015, the Representative of OHCHR (Seoul) addressed the third North Korean human rights symposium at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, organized by the Ministry of Justice, the National Assembly Human Rights Forum and the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for Asian Human Rights. The OHCHR Representative provided an overview of the work of the office and of its cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Korea. 55. On 10 December 2015, OHCHR (Seoul) organized an event in Seoul on human rights and separated families, gathering members of such families who spoke about the painful experience of separation, as elderly family members’ health deteriorates and chances to be reunited with their loved ones decrease. Individuals whose relatives were abducted to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea described the challenges they faced after the abduction. Other speakers included representatives of the Ministry of Unification, university researchers and members of NGOs working with separated families, as well as the current and former ambassadors for human rights of the Republic of Korea. Those affected by the issue called for increased action at the national and multilateral levels to help resolve the problem. 56. On 14 December 2015, the Judicial Policy Research Institute of Korea and OHCHR (Seoul) co-hosted a seminar on human rights and legal assistance for individuals from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The event examined possibilities to move forward in legal approaches to addressing human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Participants included representatives of the Government of the Republic of Korea, the diplomatic community and civil society. 57. OHCHR (Seoul) has been active on social media. Its website is available in English and Korean at seoul.ohchr.org and is regularly updated. OHCHR (Seoul) has also established several social media platforms. Its Twitter account (@UNrightsSeoul) and the 11