A United Nations General Assembly committee condemned what it described as rampant and planned human rights abuses in North Korea reports Reuters.
The non-binding resolution adopted by the UN General assembly’s 3rd committee referred to the findings of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commission of inquiry that concluded that rights abuses in North Korea may amount to war crimes.
The resolution accused North Korea of torture, use of an extensive system of prison camps, forced transfer of populations, and “all-pervasive and severe restrictions on the freedoms of thought, conscience, religion or belief, opinion and expression.”
Urging North-Korea to end all rights abuses, the resolution added, “The government of DPRK has always been maintaining a policy of taking responsibility for and constantly enhancing the promotion and protection of the human rights of popular masses.”
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