Hosted by Seoul-based non-profit organization People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE) and other advocacy groups, the event as part of this year's regular session of the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday shed light on the North Korean regime's heinous and brutal crimes committed in its notorious prison camps.
Based on testimonies from defectors and other findings gathered through various sources, including a mock trial of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Seoul last November, they urged the international community to refer him and his key officials to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
They also called for coordinated global action to address the issue.
Meanwhile, Japan's Kyodo News reported Tuesday that the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) has asked North Korea for information about the whereabouts of three ethnic Koreans.
The individuals, originally residents of Japan, abducted in a bizarre campaign by the North in the 1970s and 80s, were believed to have been sent to political prison camps between October 2007 and April 2008 after allegedly attempting to defect.
Copyright ⓒ Aju Press All rights reserved.
View more comments