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The overseas ministry on Friday submitted a questionnaire to the United Nations human rights workplace, urging North Korea to reveal the whereabouts of South Korean detainees.
The doc was submitted to the Workplace of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights forward of the Common Periodic Evaluate on North Korea, scheduled for subsequent month, in response to the Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
The UPR is a mechanism requiring every UN member state to bear a peer assessment of its human rights file each 4 1/2 years.
Within the questionnaire, the federal government requested Pyongyang to supply data on the whereabouts of six South Korean nationals presently detained in North Korea.
South Korea additionally questioned Pyongyang on its measures to stop extreme punishment of youngsters.
It marked the primary time in 15 years {that a} questionnaire has been submitted upfront concerning the human rights assessment on the reclusive regime.
Member international locations can increase human rights points by submitting written inquiries upfront or making suggestions in the course of the UPR session.
“In an effort to induce North Korea to enhance its severe human rights situations and to resume the worldwide group’s consideration, we now have determined to take part by submitting each a questionnaire and proposals,” the ministry mentioned. (Yonhap)
