[imText1]On the 3rd, Debra Liang-Fenton, Executive Director for a non-government organization, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and Jared Genser, an attorney of a worldwide law firm, DLA Piper, announced a report at Cecil Restaurant in Jeong-dong, Seoul on the state of human rights in North Korea. They urged the U.N. Security Council to intervene on the issue of human rights in North Korea.
Further, they advocated that the Korean government must act proactively not only to solve the nuke issue but human rights in North Korea.
The report supported by various people such as Vaclav Havel, the former Czech President, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (’86) Professor Elie Wiesel of Boston University and former Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bondevik were known to have petitioned to the U.N. Security Council last month urging intervention on the issue of North Korean human rights.
The report claimed that the Security Council must make constructive intervention as the masses of North Korean citizens are dying of hunger as a result of the North Korean administration systematically indulging itself, violating human rights and failing to uphold the food policy.
In particular, as North Korea’s counterfeit money, illicit drugs, illegal acts and tens and thousands of defectors create liabilities on other countries, they claimed that the Security Council has every right to intervene.
Executive Director Liang-Fenton said “The international community must intervene to ensure that the systematic violation of human rights no longer occurs in North Korea. Moreover, though the U.N. and the international community have made efforts to improve human rights in North Korea in the past, there has been no visible change.”
Furthermore she said “The report justifies that the Security Council must intervene on North Korea human rights issue and provides legal basis as to why constructive action must be made.”
Associate Genser explained “Former Czech President Havel and Professor Elie of Boston University are planning to directly meet with members of the Security Council to plead action. The report provides persuasive reasons as to why the Security Council must be proactive.”
He added “The Security Council must adopt a resolution solving not only to the nuke issue but the issue of human rights in North Korea” and claimed “In the case North Korea ignores the Security Council’s resolution, a resolution permitting materialistic action must be made in accordance to the U.N. Charter 7.”
He criticized the Korean government’s passive position on the North Korean human rights issue saying “The Sunshine Policy was made to further talks with North Korea, however in the past there has been no talks on North Korean human rights” and urged “The Korean government should look at the report, be proactive and promote talks on human rights with North Korea.”
It will be revealed that an additional report on the severity of defector women slave trade will be announced in early December.
