Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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Access to procedures 6
Access to water 3
Adoption 1
Aliens 1
Anglican 1
Anti-terrorism law 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 47
Armed forces / Military 37
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 24
Asylum policy 3
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 28
Baha'i 1
Baptist 1
Border conflict 30
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Child soldiers 6
Children's rights 46
Children-at-risk 24
Chinese 3
Christian 45
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Conflict resolution 3
Conflict situation 5
Constitutional law 2
Contemporary forms of slavery 3
Copts 1
Corruption 16
Country of origin information (COI) 3
Coup d'état 1
Crimean Tatars 2
Crimes against humanity 27
Criminal justice 14
Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 62
Demobilization / Disarmament 7
Democracy 4
Deportation / Forcible return 23
Disappeared persons 45
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 21
Domestic violence 2
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Economic, social and cultural rights 32
Effective protection 2
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Elections 36
Entry / Exit 1
Equal opportunities 1
Evacuation 2
Evangelical 1
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Extrajudicial executions 26
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Falun Gong 1
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 66
Forced marriage 10
Forced relocation 1
Forced sterilization / Abortion 2
Foreign occupation 3
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 51
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Freedom of conscience 4
Freedom of expression 158
Freedom of information 93
Freedom of movement 49
Freedom of religion 78
Freedom of speech 50
Gender discrimination 20
Gender-based persecution 3
Genocide 1
Good governance 7
Gross, systematic and large-scale 10
HIV and AIDS 1
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Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
Human Rights Council 17
Human rights activists 13
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 127
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 27
Humanitarian assistance 21
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 7
Immigration Detention 6
Immigration control after entry 2
Immigration law 2
Impunity 6
Independence of judiciary 13
Indigenous persons 2
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Internal armed conflict 16
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International protection 2
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Japanese 3
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Kachin 1
Koreans 15
Kurd 5
Labour law 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 19
Livelihoods 1
Mass exodus 1
Medical screening 1
Migrant rights 5
Migrants 12
Military operations 29
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Minorities 14
Minority rights 3
Multiple nationality 9
Muslim 22
Naturalization 1
Non-refoulement 7
Older persons 1
One-child policy / Family planning 2
Opposition 8
Orthodox Christian 14
Palestinian 8
Passports 3
Peace agreements 15
Peace process 19
Peacekeeping 12
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Persecution of family members 8
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Police 11
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Political groups 4
Political parties 10
Political situation 49
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Pre-trial detention 2
Presbyterian 8
Prison or detention conditions 43
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Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
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Public health 8
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 3
Reconciliation 1
Referendum 4
Refoulement 6
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 47
Refugees sur place 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 33
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 28
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 2
Residence permits / Residency 8
Return conditions 1
Returnees 7
Right to a nationality 3
Right to development 1
Right to education 7
Right to employment 7
Right to food 64
Right to health 7
Right to justice 4
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to life 8
Right to seek asylum 6
Right to self-determination 5
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
Roma 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 20
SGBV 24
Safe country of origin 2
Safe third country 7
Salafi 2
Sanctions 26
Security forces 13
Security situation 52
Sexual and reproductive rights 3
Shamanism 3
Shia 6
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 4
Social group discrimination 14
Somalis 1
State of emergency 2
State protection 2
Statelessness 1
Sunni 3
Sur place persecution 1
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Tamil 1
Tatars 2
Terrorism 50
Threats / Intimidation 3
Torture 24
Trafficking in persons 48
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
Travel documents 3
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
Uighur 10
Unaccompanied / Separated children 7
Unification Church 2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 9
Unlawful departure 1
Visas 1
Voluntary repatriation 1
War crimes 2
Well-founded fear of persecution 2
Women's rights 34
Women-at-risk 13
Work permits 1
Yazīdī 2

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UN human rights chief calls for DPR Korea to be referred to International Criminal Court 10 December 2015 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
North Korea: UN Security Council Probing Systematic Abuses 9 December 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
South Korea: Act to Save North Korea Refugees 24 November 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
China: Don't Return Nine North Korean Refugees 21 November 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism - Legislative Parameters: In Brief 19 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Asia Disclosed: A Review of the Right to Information across Asia 11 November 2015 \| Publisher: Article 19 \| Document type: Regional Reports
DPR Korea: UN rights expert 'deeply regrets' unchanged human rights situation 28 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (26 October 2015) 26 October 2015 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
North Korea: Ruling Party Benefits From Forced Labor 7 October 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
North Korean residents of Chongjin donate or relocate ahead of ruling party anniversary 30 September 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News

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