Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea" in English language version.
The chief human rights official at the United Nations, Navi Pillay, called on Monday for an international inquiry into human rights offenses committed by the North Korean government over many decades.
Ms. Pillay, the Geneva-based high commissioner for human rights, pointed to North Korea's "elaborate network of political prison camps," believed by human rights organizations to hold 200,000 prisoners. The camps not only punish people for peaceful activities, but also employ "torture and other forms of cruel and inhumane treatment, summary executions, rape, slave labor and forms of collective punishment that may amount to crimes against humanity," she said.
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"What we are trying to do is put human rights as a priority in the international debate on North Korea," said Juliette de Rivero, Geneva director of Human Rights Watch, one of more than 40 organizations in the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea that are backing the inquiry. "Right now it's nearly invisible."
The chief human rights official at the United Nations, Navi Pillay, called on Monday for an international inquiry into human rights offenses committed by the North Korean government over many decades.
Ms. Pillay, the Geneva-based high commissioner for human rights, pointed to North Korea's "elaborate network of political prison camps," believed by human rights organizations to hold 200,000 prisoners. The camps not only punish people for peaceful activities, but also employ "torture and other forms of cruel and inhumane treatment, summary executions, rape, slave labor and forms of collective punishment that may amount to crimes against humanity," she said.
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"What we are trying to do is put human rights as a priority in the international debate on North Korea," said Juliette de Rivero, Geneva director of Human Rights Watch, one of more than 40 organizations in the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea that are backing the inquiry. "Right now it's nearly invisible."
