UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says there is reason to believe North Korea has committed crimes against humanity
North Korea has increased its repression of the rights and freedoms of its people and the UN Security Council should consider referring the country to the International Criminal Court for possible crimes against humanity, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a new report circulated Thursday.
Guterres said “it remains imperative for the international community to respond to the human rights situation” in the DPRK, including supporting accountability “if crimes against humanity are found to have been committed, in order to avoid impunity.” The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which Bachelet headed until Thursday when her four-year term ended, sent a note to the DPRK mission in Geneva on July 1 seeking comments on the draft report, but Guterres said it received no reply.
Secretary-General Guterres said COVID-19 restrictions which closed the country’s borders and restricted freedom of movement and social interaction within the country, “have enabled the government to further suppress the flow of information and ideas among its people.” One man was reportedly executed in public in April 2021 after his neighbourhood watch unit observed him selling USB and CD storage devices containing films, music and broadcasts from South Korea, the report said.
This remains “the most emblematic example of the gross violation of the right to freedom of expression in the country.” it said, adding that five such camps are believed to exist.
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