Amnesty International (AI) (http://amnesty.org)
AI is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. Annual report (http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Asia-Pacific/North-Korea) provides background, information on violence against women, the death penalty, and more. In English, French, and Arabic.
Chōsen Minshushugi Kenkyū Sentā (http://www.asiavoice.net/nkorea/links.html)
Chōsen Minshushugi Kenkyū Sentā provides links about human rights in North Korea and its relationship with South Korea and other nations, particularly Japan. Includes links to other websites, news and online journals about human rights and North Korea.
Global March Against Child Labour: From Exploitation to Education (http://www.globalmarch.org/)
Global March Against Child Labour is a project to mobilize worldwide efforts to promote and protect rights of all children with the ILO conventions and the UN Convention on Rights of the Child as the basis of the movement. Search on North Korea for news and reports.
North Korea Freedom Coalition (NFKC) (http://www.nkfreedom.org)
Information about the organization, resources, news and events, and more. NFKC, a nonpartisan coalition founded in June 2003, seeks to work for freedome, human rights, and dignity of the North Korean people. Major NGOS in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea are members of the coalition or work as partners.
Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Online NewsHour Online Forum: The North Korean Famine (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/august97/korea_8-26.html)
August 26, 1997 discussion on famine in North Korea and links to related interviews.
Pukhan Inkwon Simin Yonhap / 북한인권시민연합 (http://nkhumanrights.or.kr/index5.html)
Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR). Nonprofit organization that works to improve the human rights situation of people in North Korea and plight of North Korean refugees by supporting international human rights campaigns and aid programs for North Korea. Includes statements, reports, newspaper articles, conference and forum information, and photos. In Korean and English.
U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78777.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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