The minister calls on the National Assembly to cooperate in the
establishment of the North Korean Human Rights Foundation
Minister Kim Yung Ho delivers congratulatory remarks at an
international symposium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the UN
COI on Human Rights in North Korea (September 14)
On September 14, Unification Minister Kim Yung Ho delivered a
congratulatory message at an international symposium to celebrate the
10th anniversary of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Human Rights
in North Korea. In his speech, he evaluated that it was in the
aftermath of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights
in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea being published in 2014
that efforts to improve the human rights situation in North Korea
began to emerge among the international community.
Minister Kim expressed regret, saying, “We also enacted the North
Korean Human Rights Act in 2016 in line with this trend, but the act
has not been properly enforced as the North Korean Human Rights
Foundation has yet to be established.”
The minister repeatedly called on the National Assembly to cooperate
in the establishment of the North Korean Human Rights Foundation and
stressed that “if the government, private sector, and international
human rights organizations work together in a strong partnership, we
can develop effective measures to promote North Korean human rights.”
