A/HRC/31/70 Republic of Korea, should also continue to take steps to facilitate holding to account those who have committed crimes against humanity. 49. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea calls upon the Human Rights Council: (a) To extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, given that the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has hardly improved; (b) To arrange to have an official communication, by the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur or the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed to the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to advise him and other senior leaders that they may be investigated and, if found to be responsible, held accountable for crimes against humanity committed under their leadership; (c) To establish a group of independent experts with a mandate (i) to establish the present state of international law and prevailing State practices with regard to accountability; (ii) to determine an appropriate approach to ensure State accountability for crimes against humanity committed by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and (iii) to recommend creative and practical mechanisms of accountability to secure truth and justice for the victims of crimes against humanity in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Given the resource constraints faced by the Office of the High Commissioner and its field presence in Seoul, which has its own mandate, the group of experts should be established by the Human Rights Council; (d) To ensure that the field presence of OHCHR in Seoul tasked with following up on the work of the commission of inquiry can function with independence, has sufficient financial resources and enjoys full cooperation with relevant Member States; (e) To urge the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to invite the Special Rapporteur to undertake a visit to the country as soon as possible, without preconditions, in accordance with the terms of reference for country visits by special procedure mandate holders, and more generally to cooperate with the mandate; (f) To task the Special Rapporteur or OHCHR with the formulation of a comprehensive policy on humanitarian assistance for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 50. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: (a) To halt immediately the human rights violations identified by the commission of inquiry in its report; (b) To resume dialogue with the Special Rapporteur, and to consider reissuing the invitations extended to all stakeholders concerned, including the Special Rapporteur; (c) To establish substantive communications with OHCHR, including with a view to possible technical cooperation through the OHCHR field presence in Seoul; (d) To engage genuinely in bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea and Japan, and to abide by the terms of bilateral agreements concluded, first and foremost 12