Ten years after a special United Nations commission found that the North Korean regime’s most egregious human rights violations amounted to “crimes against humanity,” the U.N. Security Council has yet to make a referral of the case to the International Criminal Court.
That failure of international will is just one more reason why the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been able to maintain a system of oppression over its citizens that is no less severe than what his father and grandfather did before him, according to Greg Scarlatoiu, head of the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.
“Travel inside the country was severely limited,” Mr. Scarlatoiu said. “Crimes against humanity continue to be perpetrated, especially at North Korea’s unlawful detention facilities.” The rift has undercut efforts by the Biden administration and others to focus attention on the Kim regime’s human rights record, amid stalled diplomacy aimed at convincing the regime to halt its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile programs.
Earlier this year, President Biden nominated veteran Korean-speaking diplomat Julie Turner to serve as special envoy for human rights in North Korea, a position that had been vacant since 2017, although her posting still hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate.
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