South Korea’s Supreme Court is seeking a private sector partner for research into best practice on the reform of former North Korean legal professionals after the unification of the peninsula.

South Korea’s highest legal body said the reintegration of North Korean lawyers and judges into the post-unification Korea would have to be preceded by an investigation into “the record of their cooperation with the dictatorship.”

The request suggested that Seoul would have to develop a judicial framework to hold North Korean legal officials accountable after the end of Workers’ Party of Korea rule.

“Therefore, it is absolutely necessary to select candidates