{"id":3148,"date":"2015-10-31T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T09:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2015-10-31T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T17:03:31","slug":"eu-japan-jointly-drafted-un-resolution-urging-north-koreas-referral-to-icc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/eu-japan-jointly-drafted-un-resolution-urging-north-koreas-referral-to-icc\/","title":{"rendered":"EU, Japan jointly-drafted UN resolution urging North Korea\u2019s referral to ICC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The European Union (EU) and Japan have circulated a jointly-drafted resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that urges the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged human rights abuses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The non-binding draft resolution was circulated on Friday during the annual session of the US-based world body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It calls on the UN\u2019s 15-member Security Council to mull targeted sanctions against North Korean government authorities deemed \u201cmost responsible\u201d for violations that, according to a UN commission of inquiry report released last year, \u201cmay constitute crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development came after the UN\u2019s special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, described \u201cforced labor\u201d in the Asian country as a human rights violation in a Wednesday report to the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report pointed to alleged summary executions, arbitrary detention, \u201cmassive ill-treatment of individuals in political prison camps,\u201d as well as \u201csevere discrimination based on social class,\u201d according to an AP report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There have been no reports of official North Korean reaction to the joint EU-Japan draft resolutions, yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 193-member UNGA is due to vote in December on the non-binding resolution, which further demands Pyongyang to immediately end the alleged human rights abuses, and close alleged prison camps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The body approved a similar resolution last year, though the Security Council has taken no action against North Korea so far reportedly due to the likely opposition to the move by China, a permanent member of the Council with veto power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union (EU) and Japan have circulated a jointly-drafted resolution in the United Nations General Assembly 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