On Friday, North Korean defectors have called for increased United Nations monitoring of human rights abuses in North Korea, describing the conditions in their country as 'hell.' Speaking at events in Geneva, including one hosted by the U.S., they urged the UN Human Rights Council to enhance its reporting mechanisms. This comes as the European Union proposes an update to a landmark 2014 report that documented widespread abuses in North Korea, suggesting these acts constitute crimes against humanity.
North Koreans defectors spoke at a US event in Geneva to expose human-rights violations in a country that one of them described as 'hell' and to advocate for a strengthened UN mandate to investigate and document them https://t.co/CaoPyWgUYI https://t.co/F6I2QZ7BCZ
North Koreans defectors in Geneva asked the UN Human Rights Council to strengthen reporting on conditions they described as "hell." The EU has proposed "an update to a landmark 2014 report...that found grave abuses constituting crimes against humanity." https://t.co/nmFbKYdSZr
The commission will deliver a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva next week detailing accounts of torture in Russia and occupied Ukraine, strengthening previous findings. https://t.co/AlDQ2LYsx8
North Korean defectors seek more U.N. monitoring of abuses https://t.co/dwdguF8c5C https://t.co/aZY03MpyNm
⚠️ NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS SEEK MORE U.N. MONITORING OF ABUSES Full Story → https://t.co/73k80J3Xx3 North Koreans defectors spoke at a U.N. event in Geneva on Friday to expose human rights violations in a country one of them described as "hell" and to advocate for a… https://t.co/wMBLPsvO5e