UN Sets Up Expert Group to Pursue Crimes by North Korea

The United Nations Human Rights Council set up a group of independent experts to study how to bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against humanity committed by North Korea.

    During the 31st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday, the council adopted the resolution without a vote. The resolution centers on appointing up to two independent experts who will verify the North's human rights violations to assist the special rapporteur with the situation there.

    The council has adopted a resolution, handed in by the European Union and Japan, in March each year to call international attention to the North's human rights situation.

    The Council called on the experts to "recommend practical mechanisms of accountability to secure truth and justice for the victims of possible crimes against humanity in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, including the International Criminal Court".

Source: QNA