DPRK FM delivers speech at Human Rights Council in Geneva

North Korea continues attempts to slow momentum on human rights action

Hamish Macdonald March 4, 2015

DPRK FM delivers speech at Human Rights Council in Geneva

Image: Human Rights Council, March 11, 2010 (Archive Photo) by US Mission Geneva on 2010-03-11 13:12:50

North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Su Yong delivered a speech at the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on Tuesday, continuing the DPRK's public effort to refute allegations of human rights abuses.

Ri denied the long-standing allegations and called into question the credibility of the recent UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) report, which detailed a litany of abuses in North Korea. The COI also recommended that North Korea's leaders, including Kim Jong Un, be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution.

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Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

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