A/HRC/RES/28/22 non-refoulement, to treat humanely those who seek refuge and to ensure unhindered access to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner, with a view to protecting the human rights of those who seek refuge, and once again urges State parties to comply with their obligations under international human rights law as well as the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol thereto in relation to persons from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who are covered by those instruments; 4. Stresses and restates its grave concern about the commission’s finding that the body of testimony gathered and the information received provided reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, pursuant to policies established at the highest level of the State for decades; these crimes against humanity entail extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation; 5. Stresses that the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have failed to prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity and other human rights violations, and encourages the members of the international community to cooperate with accountability efforts and to ensure that these crimes do not remain unpunished; 6. Welcomes General Assembly resolution 69/188, in which the Assembly decided to submit the report of the commission of inquiry to the Security Council and encouraged it to consider the relevant conclusions and recommendations of the commission and to take appropriate action to ensure accountability, including through consideration of referral of the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the International Criminal Court and consideration of the scope for effective targeted sanctions against those who appear to be most responsible for acts that, according to the commission, may constitute crimes against humanity; 7. Also welcomes the decision of the Security Council to add the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the list of issues of which the Council is seized, the holding of an open Council meeting on 22 December 2014 during which the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was discussed, and looks forward to the continued and active engagement of the Council on this matter; 8. Commends the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the activities undertaken to date and his continued efforts in the conduct of his mandate despite the lack of access to the country; 9. Welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session,2 in which the Special Rapporteur proposed, among other things, a strategy to address the issue of international abductions, enforced disappearances and related matters in a comprehensive way, including the holding of an international conference thereon; 10. Also welcomes the call of the Special Rapporteur for sustained action on this issue by the Human Rights Council, including through a panel discussion to serve as a prominent platform to bring together relevant stakeholders; 11. Decides to convene a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including the issue of international abductions, enforced disappearances and related matters, at its thirtieth session, and requests the Office 2 4 A/HRC/28/71.