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October 15, 2024
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UN envoy calls for reparations for victims of North Korean human rights abuse

Elizabeth Salmon endorses support even if impossible to hold perpetrators accountable in annual report to UN

The U.N. special envoy for North Korean human rights has called for a “victim-centered approach” to supporting those who have suffered under the DPRK regime, emphasizing that governments should make efforts to secure reparations for victims regardless of whether it’s possible to hold perpetrators accountable.

Special rapporteur Elizabeth Salmon lays out the argument and details ongoing abuses in the DPRK, ranging from enforced disappearances to pervasive restrictions on citizens’ freedom, in an advance unedited copy of her annual report to the U.N. General Assembly.

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