WORLD_ North Korea accused of crimes

North Korea accused of crimes

Sky News
Updated: 05:36, Tuesday March 12, 2013






A UN human rights monitor has accused North Korea of committing a string of crimes against humanity, laying out a litany of abuses before the world body's top rights forum.

Marzuki Darusman told the UN Human Rights Council he had identified nine areas of key concern, including depriving the population of food, torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, the use of prison camps and the secretive regime's denial of freedom of expression.

'I believe that many, if not all, of the nine patterns of violation, identified in my present report, may amount to crimes against humanity, committed as part of systematic and or widespread attacks against civilian population,' Darusman, who hails from Indonesia, told the Council on Monday as he presented a report on the situation in North Korea.

He pressed his demands for an international commission of inquiry into the human rights record of North Korea, which repeatedly has refused to co-operate with Darusman and other United Nations investigators.

Japan and the European Union are set to lodge a resolution at the Council creating such a commission.

Last month, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay decried the 'deplorable' situation in North Korea, saying a commission of inquiry was 'long overdue'.

But North Korea rejected the criticism on Monday, with its delegate Kim Ju-song claiming Darusman was in league with 'hostile forces', citing Japan, the EU and the United States.

'We make it clear again. The human rights violations identified in this report do not exist,' Kim said.

North Korea won support at the Council from China, whose delegate said creating a commission of inquiry could 'escalate tensions'.

Iran, Cuba and Venezuela also criticised the plan, calling for dialogue, not naming and shaming, and accusing the West of double standards.




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