The findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korean human rights will be
presented at a press conference on the afternoon of February 17th in
Geneva. Two members of the three-person COI panel, Australian judge Michael
Kirby and UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, will host the
event.
The COI is then due to formally present its findings to the
Human Rights Council in Geneva a month later on March 17th.
Speaking with Radio Free Asia, UN spokesperson Rolando Gomez
commented that the event would mark a “milestone” in global understanding of North Korean
human rights.
According to a UN press release, COI members “conducted
public hearings with more than 80 victims and other witnesses in Seoul, Tokyo,
London and Washington D.C. Excerpts of witness testimony and illustrative
individual cases will feature in a 372-page document, which will be published
alongside the report itself.”
