Jiseongho: "North Korea Human Rights Records Center under Ministry of Unification has not published public reports for 3 years"

Jiseongho, Member of the National Assembly (left), visited the North Korean Human Rights Records Center on June 18 to discuss plans for the public release of the report on the actual conditions of human rights violations in North Korea.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The 'North Korean Human Rights Records Center' under the Ministry of Unification, established to collect and document information for the human rights situation and improvement of North Korean residents, has not published any public reports even after three years since its launch.

On the 18th, Ji Seong-ho, a member of the Future United Party, visited the North Korean Human Rights Records Center under the Ministry of Unification and pointed out that no public result reports have been published even after three years since its establishment. He emphasized that the Records Center must perform roles befitting its founding purpose to promote North Korean human rights.

Rep. Ji stated, "Since its launch in 2017, the North Korean Human Rights Records Center has not published any result reports related to North Korean human rights violations except for promotional booklets. Although result reports for 2017 and 2018 were prepared, they have been classified as Level III secret and not disclosed externally," adding, "The role of collecting and preparing records is fundamentally to inform domestic and international audiences about the realities of human rights violations in North Korea, but the fact that these are kept secret from the general public raises serious questions about the institution's purpose."

He continued, "The North Korean Human Rights Records Center's failure to publish reports that could inform domestic and international communities about the realities of North Korean human rights violations, due to being overly cautious of the government, goes beyond neglect of duty and amounts to rendering the North Korean Human Rights Act ineffective." The Center plans to publish the 2019 result report in both public and non-public versions.

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