The Inaugural Fred Iklé Lecture Featuring Justice Michael Kirby and Roberta Cohen

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WASHINGTON D.C. FEBRUARY 19, 2016 NORTH KOREA: THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY NEXUS INTRODUCTION TO THE INAUGURAL FRED IKLÉ LECTURE By Roberta Cohen, Co-Chair Emeritus, HRNK It gives me great pleasure to introduce the first Fred Iklé Lecture sponsored by the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). This lecture is to become an annual...

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Categories: China, crimes against humanity, DPRK, HRNK, hrnkus, humanrights, Justice, Michael Kirby, NKgulag, North Korea, South Korea, UN, UNCOI

English Translation of South Korea's North Korean Human Rights Act

North Korean Human Rights Act Law No. 14070 Enacted: Mar. 3, 2016, Entry into force: Sept. 4, 2016 Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the protection and improvement of North Koreans’ human rights by pursuing the rights to life and liberty as defined in international human rights treaties, including the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 2 (Basic Principles and Responsibilities of the State) (1) The State shall acknowledge that the North Korean people have the right to human dignity...

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The Special Rapporteur on DPRK Ends his Term with Calls for Group of Experts on Accountability

By Christine ChungChristine Chung is a Senior Advisor to the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the former Political Advisor to the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. As a human rights officer for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, she managed the Office's technical cooperation program with China, supported the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human...

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An HRNK Interview with Justice Michael Kirby, Former Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK

Please click here to view the video.Q1: In regards to an improvement in North Korean human rights, what was your original expectation of the impact of the Commission of Inquiry and how has it either been met or fallen short?Justice Kirby: The situation in North Korea has been going on, as the Commission of Inquiry found, for a very longtime—decades. Therefore, we didn’t expect things would change overnight. We did not expect that the Commission of Inquiry would be permitted to come into North Korea and we, therefore, prepared our methodology on...

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An HRNK Interview with Robert Collins, Author of "Pyongyang Republic: North Korea's Capital of Human Rights Denial"

Please click here to view the video. Q1: What was your motivation to be a leader on North Korean human rights?Robert Collins: When I decided to retire from the army six years ago, I felt that my knowledge could be useful in writing materials that would contribute to an overall understanding of how North Korea makes its decision and to how they carry out their policies. And so, since retirement, I’ve just continued with what the army taught me to do over those decades at the end of the 20th century and doing it unilaterally. And now I’m doing...

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