The Japanese government and European Union filed a resolution on Wednesday with the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) criticizing North Korea’s human rights climate.

The resolution calls for returning abducted Japanese abduction victims, shutting down prison camps and releasing prisoners, as well as establishing a special team of experts within the Council to seek possible measures to hold the North Korean regime criminally liable for human rights violations, Kyodo News reported.

Japan and the EU have submitted the resolutionto OHCHR for nine years running, which would require the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s engagement in punishing human rights violators in