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Facebook page have attracted more than 3,000 subscribers. The Representative of OHCHR
(Seoul) has regularly conducted interviews with the media in the Republic of Korea and
elsewhere.
VI. Conclusions and recommendations
A.
Conclusions
58.
During the period under review, the human rights situation in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea remained of serious concern, with reports of arbitrary
killings, torture and unlawful detention; continued discrimination and violence
against women; and persistent and severe restrictions on freedoms of expression
(including access to information), association and movement.
59.
OHCHR (Seoul) began carrying out its mandate after its inauguration on 23
June 2015. Lack of access to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a major
obstacle, and it is hoped that the invitation that has been extended to the High
Commissioner to visit the country will constitute a first step towards addressing the
issues of access and dialogue.
B.
Recommendations
60.
The High Commissioner recommends that the Government of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea:
(a)
Engage constructively with the United Nations system, including
OHCHR and its office in Seoul, and collaborate with OHCHR to develop a concrete
plan of technical assistance for the promotion and protection of human rights in the
country;
(b)
Cooperate with United Nations human rights treaty bodies, including by
submitting reports to the relevant treaty bodies;
(c)
Invite the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and other special procedure mandate holders
to visit the country;
(d)
Develop a strategy to implement the universal periodic review
recommendations it has accepted, with support from OHCHR and other relevant
bodies;
(e)
Halt all executions and declare and implement a moratorium on the
death penalty;
(f)
Provide international humanitarian organizations and human rights
monitors with unhindered access throughout the country, including to all places of
detention;
(g)
Dismantle all political prison camps and release all political prisoners;
(h)
Provide the families and countries of origin of all individuals who have
been abducted or forcibly disappeared with full information on their fate and
whereabouts; allow survivors and their descendants to return immediately to their
countries of origin; and identify and repatriate the physical remains of those who have
died, working in close cooperation with their families and the authorities of their
countries of origin;
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