It was agreed, — That, whereas, the Subcommittee has heard graphic and compelling testimony regarding the brutal and inhuman treatment of North Korean citizens, including their arbitrary detention in concentration camps.
Whereas, the UN Declaration of Human Rights proclaims a common standard of achievement to which all its member nations must strive towards, including respect for the following rights:
• Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
• No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
• No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
• Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Whereas, North Korea is a member of the United Nations.
That, the Subcommittee requests that the Government of Canada call upon the Government of North Korea to act to uphold it obligations under the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and, in particular, to release all prisoners who have not been charged, tried and convicted of an offence; to provide adequate food, clothing and shelter to all prisoners; to eliminate mandatory labour in prisons; and to end the physical mistreatment of prisoners.