APPG on North Korea
Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in North Korea 2014-2020/1
The APPG on North Korea conducted an inquiry into the human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)between 2014 and 2020/1(the Inquiry). The purpose of this inquiry was to gather evidence of human rights violations between 2014 and 2020/1, to map the atrocities, and to identify the needed responses. The Inquiry consisted of desktop research, open public consultation, and oral hearings. It builds on the work of previous reports on North Korea’s human rights situation, particularly theUN’s2014 Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(the UN Commission of Inquiry), and renews calls for action
