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Fri, September 22, 2023 | 08:40
EU and Japan submit N. Korea human rights resolution
일본·EU, 새 북한인권결의안 유엔에 제출
Posted : 2015-03-19 18:35
Updated : 2015-03-19 21:36
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By Kim Hyo-jin

The European Union and Japan were to submit a draft resolution on North Korean human rights to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

It calls for the referral of the reclusive state's human rights situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Thursday.

It is the first time the ICC referral of the issue has been mentioned in a UNHRC draft resolution.

RFA reported that the new draft calls for penalties for people involved in human rights abuses, tackles the foreign abductee issue and supports a U.N. field office.

The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights will open its field office in Seoul in late March to investigate human rights violations in the North.

On March 26 and 27, the council will decide whether to adopt the draft following the U.N. General Assembly.

"The mood of the member nations indicates that the draft resolution is highly likely to be adopted," said Kwon Eun-kyoung, the head of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea Secretariat. She said the U.N. Commission of Inquiry (COI) report raised awareness about North Korea's human rights abuse.

The U.N. has increased pressure on Pyongyang to tackle its human rights violations since the COI filed an official report documenting the issue early last year.

The report called for the North's human rights abuses to be dealt with at the ICC as "crimes against humanity."

It led the U.N. General Assembly officially to adopt a firm resolution in December that asked the U.N. Security Council to refer North Korea to the ICC.

Amid increasing pressure from the international community, Pyongyang has rejected accusations of human rights abuses. During the HRC session on March 3, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong voiced his displeasure at the international moves.

He said the U.N. resolution on North Korea's human rights be invalidated as it was based on what he claimed was false testimony by a North Korean defector named Shin Dong-hyuk.


일본·EU, 새 북한인권결의안 유엔에 제출

일본과 유럽연합(EU)이 19일(현지시간) 북한 인권문제를 국제형사재판소(ICC)에 회부하는 내용의 새 '북한 인권결의안 초안'을 유엔 인권이사회에 제출한다고 미국 자유아시아방송(RFA)이 보도했다.

유엔 인권이사회에 제출되는 북한 인권결의안에 ICC회부가 직접 거론되기는 이번이 처음이다.

EU 공보 담당자는 이날 일본과 함께 북한 인권유린 책임자 처벌과 납치문제 해결을 촉구하는 내용의 새 결의안 초안을 작성해 스위스 제네바에서 진행 중인 제28차 유엔 인권이사회에 제출한다고 밝혔다.

결의안 초안은 ▲ 북한의 인권유린 책임자 처벌 ▲ 납치·강제실종 문제 해결 방안 ▲ 북한인권 실태를 지속적으로 조사·기록할 유엔 인권최고대표사무소(OHCHR) 산하 현장사무소의 독립적 활동과 지원 보장 등을 골자로 하고 있다.

특히 올해에는 유엔 총회가 지난해 북한 인권결의안을 채택하면서 안전보장이사회(안보리)에 권고한 대로 북한 인권 책임자를 국제형사재판소(ICC)에 회부하는 것에 '환영한다'는 문구를 추가했다.

EU는 지난해 3월에도 유엔 인권이사회에 북한 인권 결의안을 제출해 채택됐으나 당시에는 '유엔 안보리가 국제사법 메커니즘에 넘기는 등 적절한 조치를 취하라'는 요청만 있었을 뿐 ICC 회부를 직접 거론하지는 않았다.

유엔 인권이사회는 이 결의안 초안을 검토한 뒤 회의가 종료되는 오는 26∼27일 채택 여부를 투표에 부칠 것으로 전해졌다.

유엔 인권이사회가 이번 북한 인권 결의안 초안을 채택한다면 유엔총회에 이어 유엔 인권이사회 역시 북한 인권 문제를 국제형사재판소(ICC)에 회부하는 데 찬성하게 된다. (연합뉴스)
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