M-579 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) use all available means to urge the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to (i) uphold its obligations under the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (ii) implement the International Covenants and Conventions to which it has acceded, (iii) sign and ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture, (iv) dismantle all political prison camps called “kwanliso,” and provide the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all political prison camps and prisoners, (v) cease punishing North Koreans for leaving the DPRK without authorization; (b) use all available means to urge the government of the People’s Republic of China to (i) end its policy of deporting North Korean refugees back to the DPRK, (ii) withdraw any support for the government of the DPRK that facilitates human rights violations and the development of nuclear weapons, (iii) support international efforts to improve the situation of human rights in the DPRK; and (c) endorse the December 2014 UN General Assembly resolution forwarding the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the UN Security Council, as well as its recommendation to submit the matter to the International Criminal Court.