Human rights in North Korea - Wikipedia
Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over …
North Korea: ‘Lost Decade’ of Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch
Sep 16, 2025 · (New York) – A new United Nations report finds that the North Korean government has increased the use of surveillance, forced labor, and severe punishments over the past decade, …
2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: North Korea
The government, through brutality and coercion including executions, physical abuse, enforced disappearances, and collective punishment, maintained control of the country; there were no …
UN Condemnation of North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses Holds …
4 days ago · The gravity, scale and nature of human rights violations in North Korea are without parallel in the contemporary world.
United Nations Raises Concerns About Human Rights Situation In North Korea
Sep 14, 2025 · As the Human Rights Council prepares to look into the situation in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)), the UN released a highly concerning report about …
UN: North Korea worst human rights violator – DW – 09/18/2025
Sep 18, 2025 · The people of North Korea endure the harshest repression in the world, with the death penalty reportedly used for sharing foreign media, including popular South Korean television dramas,...
North Korea Human Rights Violations Under International Law
3 days ago · An in-depth analysis of North Korea’s systemic human rights abuses and international efforts to achieve legal accountability for potential Crimes Against Humanity.
Human rights are about 'having a dream,' North Korean defectors …
23 hours ago · North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and imagine a future in everyday life during a panel in Seoul on …
North Korean defectors tell UN of human rights abuses | AP News
Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross …
UN publishes report detailing human rights violations in North Korea
Feb 18, 2025 · The UN Office of the High Commissioner published a report on Friday detailing North Korea’s ongoing and worsening human rights crisis.