National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 63 2. Major activities 1) Opinions and Chairperson’s statement ● Statement regarding a North Korean human rights resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council The 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted, without a vote, a North Korean human rights resolution, which lays out specific procedures and methodologies— strengthening the capacity of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, establishing a central information and evidence repository, and having experts in legal accountability assess all information and testimonies with a view to developing possible welcomed the resolution and issued a statement that it hopes to see positive effects on the North Statement urging the PRC government to stop the forcible repatriation of North Korean refugees to North Korea Following the death of a family of five North Koreans who killed themselves while being forcibly repatriated to North Korea by the Chinese authorities, and in response to a Chinese government statement that displaced North Koreans would not be recognized as refugees and would be sent back to North Korea, the Commission on 28 July issued a statement urging the PRC government to comply with the Refugee Convention and Convention against Torture to recognize displaced North Koreans as refugees under international laws, and to immediately stop their forced repatriation to North Korea. It also urged the ROK government to place utmost diplomatic efforts to ensure that the PRC government takes measures to protect the rights of displaced North Koreans residing in China and stops their forced repatriation. Decisions to secure the safety of Korean nationals held captive in North Korea The ROK government has called on the North Korean authorities to send back the South Korean nationals who are considered to be held captive in North Korea. However, North Korea has either refused or not responded to our government’s request for repatriation or consultation. Commission's Major Activities Korean human rights situation. Part 2 strategies to be used in any future accountability process. On 28 March, the Commission