Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Abduction 2
• Access to water 2
• Armed forces / Military 29
• Asylum-seekers 2
• Baptist 1
• Border conflict 17
• Border controls 12
• Border crossers 5
• Child labour 1
• Children's rights 3
• Children-at-risk 2
• Christian 5
• Contemporary forms of slavery 1
• Corruption 5
• Crimes against humanity 2
• Criminal justice 1
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 6
• Deportation / Forcible return 6
• Disappeared persons 1
• Drug trafficking 2
• Evacuation 1
• Expulsion 2
• Extrajudicial executions 25
• Flight by land, air or sea 2
• Forced labour 22
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 3
• Freedom of expression 28
• Freedom of information 30
• Freedom of movement 6
• Freedom of religion 3
• Freedom of speech 5
• Gender discrimination 1
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
• Human rights activists 1
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 5
• Human rights monitors 6
• Humanitarian assistance 4
• Illegal entry 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
• Immigration Detention 1
• International armed conflict 2
• Koreans 5
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Migrants 1
• Military operations 5
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 5
• Peace process 7
• Persecution based on political opinion 1
• Persecution of family members 1
• Persons with disabilities 1
• Police 2
• Political asylum 2
• Political situation 6
• Prison or detention conditions 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 3
• Protestant 1
• Public health 4
• Refugees 4
• Rejection at border 1
• Religious discrimination 2
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Resettlement 2
• Right to education 3
• Right to food 15
• Sanctions 12
• Security forces 1
• Security situation 2
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Small arms 1
• Smuggling of persons 2
• Terrorism 1
• Threats / Intimidation 1
• Torture 3
• Trafficking in persons 4
• Transit 1
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Visas 2
• Women's rights 2
• Work permits 1

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• Amnesty International - North Korea
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - North Korea
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Beijing
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - North Korea
• Life Funds for North Korean Refugees
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• Radio Free Asia (RFA) - Korea
• ReliefWeb - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
• UNHCR - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
• United States Department of State - North Korea
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Korea, Democratic People's Republic (DPRK)
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Democratic People's Republic of Korea