Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Abduction 8
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Crimes against humanity 2
• Death penalty 2
• Disappeared persons 5
• Economic, social and cultural rights 1
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 2
• Extrajudicial executions 1
• Forced labour 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4
• Freedom of assembly and association 2
• Freedom of conscience 1
• Freedom of expression 4
• Freedom of information 2
• Freedom of movement 4
• Freedom of speech 2
• Gender discrimination 1
• Genocide 1
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
• Human Rights Council 8
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 1
• Impunity 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Livelihoods 1
• Migrant rights 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 2
• Political situation 1
• Prison or detention conditions 2
• Refoulement 1
• Refugees 2
• Rejected asylum-seekers 1
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
• Right to food 6
• Right to justice 2
• Right to liberty and security 2
• Right to life 4
• Right to seek asylum 3
• Security situation 1
• Torture 1
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
• Women-at-risk 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