government should take follow-up measures such as i) quick and thorough fact-finding,
prevent the recurrence of such acts, and enforce disciplinary actions against the
accountable officials, and conduct a joint investigation by forming an international
investigation committee in case the Chinese government should refuse to do so; and ii) the
Korean government should strive to mobilize its diplomatic capabilities to resolve this
situation, and come up with a system for the protection of human rights for Koreans living
overseas to ensure a swift response to human rights violations. (August 2, 2012)
2) Establishment of Institutional and Physical Foundations Regarding North Korean Human Rights
① The Reporting Center for Human Rights Violations in North Korea and the North
Korean Human Rights Documentation Center and Archives
The NHRCK opened the Reporting Center for Human Rights Violations in North Korea
and the North Korean Human Rights Documentation Center and Archives with the goal of
collecting and documenting actual cases of human rights violations suffered by North
Korean defectors over the entire process of their gaining passage to South Korea, South
Korean war prisoners of the Korean War and abductees, and separated families. (March 15,
2011)
There have been private attempts to collect testimonies or records of human rights
violations suffered by North Korean defectors, but with the number of North Korean
defectors reaching almost 20,000, it is significantly meaningful that a governmental effort
is being made to collect the information scattered here and there and compile it into one
single database.
The center has conducted surveys of actual cases of human rights violations experienced
or witnessed by 619 new North Korean defectors, categorized, documented and stored
them since March 2012.
Meanwhile, the Commission published and distributed the Compilation of North
Korean Human Rights Violations, in both Korean and English, to disclose North Korea’s
human rights conditions. It also translated the “The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea's
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