On December 7, North Korea underwent the Universal Period Review (UPR), a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192
On Thursday, November 19, the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted a resolution that “strongly condemns the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, after a number of states and NGOs accused Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Zimbabwe, China, and North Korea of violating
The U.N. Human Rights Council concluded its main annual session on Friday, March 28. Before the start of the session, Freedom House published an updated
The UN Human Rights Council today debated Burma and North Korea, hearing reports from P. Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Myanmar
Iran, Belarus, Burma (Myanmar) and North Korea lashed out after resolutions highlighting abuses in their countries were presented in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which
The starving, torture, and forced labor of North Koreans by the tyrannical Kim Jong Il may have been indirectly aided by UN funds. In the
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 27, 2006 — Today the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva debated reports delivered by its human rights envoys for
After months of tension and uncertainty, hope seems to be returning to the geopolitical front. Furiously. Witness the overtures between Pakistan and India, Libya and
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