The latest report from the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in North Korea, released Monday, focuses on the development of a strategy to address the issues of international abductions and enforced disappearances conducted by North Korea.

Marzuki Darusman’s report, his second since the conclusion of the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) in 2014, praises recent developments in documenting alleged abuses in the country but urged immediate international action on the matter of abductions.

“Achieving closure and accountability for the abductions and enforced disappearances committed by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the ultimate goal of