UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK to visit Korea
Special Rapporteur Muntarbhorn will meet with government officials from the MOFAT and the Ministry of Unification, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and diplomats of the U.S. and Japanese Embassies in Seoul. He will also visit Hanawon, a state-funded resettlement shelter for North Korean defectors, to interview people currently residing there. The outcomes of his visit to Korea will be included in the Human Rights Report of the DPRK which will be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council and to the UN General Assembly. He will also have a press conference on the last day of his visit at the Korea Press Center.
The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Special Rapporteurs on the human rights situation of 10 countries including the DPRK, Myanmar and Sudan. The Special Rapporteur is mandated to investigate and report to the UN Human Rights Commission and the General Assembly on the situation of human rights in the country, including compliance with its obligations under both international human rights instruments and international humanitarian law. The post of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the DPRK was established in 2004 by the UN Human Rights Commission Resolution 2004/13, and the first Special Rapporteur Muntarbhorn was appointed in July 2004.
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