UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights Meets with Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Unification to Discuss NK Human Rights
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] Thomas Ojea Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights, who is visiting South Korea, will meet with the Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification to discuss North Korean human rights issues.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 15th, Rapporteur Quintana is scheduled to pay separate visits to Choi Jong-moon, the 2nd Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Choi Young-jun, the Vice Minister of Unification, on the 16th.
After meeting with Vice Minister Choi, Quintana will also hold working-level consultations at the Ministry of Unification with the Director General of the India Cooperation Bureau, who is in charge of North Korean human rights issues, and other officials at the director-general level.
An official from the Ministry of Unification stated regarding the agenda, "It will be an opportunity to discuss mutual interests concerning the overall situation of human rights in North Korea."
Previously, since Rapporteur Quintana has expressed a critical stance on the Act on the Prohibition of Leaflet Distribution to North Korea, arguing that it suppresses freedom of expression, it is likely that this issue will also be discussed.
Rapporteur Quintana visited South Korea from the 15th to the 23rd to prepare a report on North Korean human rights to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council next month. This visit marks his seventh since beginning his term in August 2016.
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On the 23rd, he is scheduled to hold a press conference at the Korea Press Center regarding the results of his visit. Earlier, he expressed his intention to visit the border area to assess whether leaflet distribution threatens the safety of residents in the border region, so it is possible that related schedules will be carried out.
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