The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is nearing completion of its final report on following an especially public process – and its chairman has called the results shocking and moving.

Mandated “to investigate the systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights” in North Korea, the COI has been collecting evidence and testimony since early 2013.

The final report is due to be presented to the Human Rights Council on March 17 and chairman Michael Kirby said that he hopes “the international community will accept what we say as being well-founded in fact