3 results for month: 10/2020

DPRK’s Capture and Summary Execution of Mr. Lee Dae-Jun for COVID-19 Prevention on 22 September 2020

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea   18 October 2020 Re: Communication and press release for North Korea (DPRK)’s capture, interrogation and summary execution of Mr. Lee, a South Korean (ROK) ...

Joint open letter concerning the UN General Assembly’s 2020 resolution on North Korean Human Rights

October 14, 2020 Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission European External Action Service 1046 Brussels, Belgium Re:  Joint open letter concerning the UN General Assembly’s 2020 resolution on North Korean Human Rights Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of 37 non-governmental organizations, coalitions, and concerned individuals from 7 different countries worldwide to urge the European Union to make every effort to highlight the on-going systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations, including those that amount ...

Joint open letter to the UN General Assembly concerning the resolution on the situation of human rights in North Korea to be adopted at its 75th session

October 14, 2020 Re: Joint open letter to the UN General Assembly concerning the resolution on the situation of human rights in North Korea to be adopted at its 75th session   Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of 37 non-governmental organizations, coalitions, and concerned individuals from 7 different countries worldwide to urge the UN General Assembly to make every effort to highlight the on-going systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations, including those that amount to crimes against humanity, and appropriate actions to be taken by the stakeholders in the annual resolution on the situation of human rights in the ...