The U.N. Human Rights Council appointed Marzuki Darusman, a former Indonesian attorney-general, as its new special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, Friday.
Darusman, 65, replaces Vitit Muntarbhorn who has served in the job since its creation in 2004.
The new envoy has served as a co-chairman of the working group for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) human rights mechanism.
Darusman worked as a legislator and chairman of Indonesia's national human rights commission.