How the new UN human rights envoy can make a difference for North Koreans



Analysis How the new UN human rights envoy can make a difference for North Koreans Elizabeth Salmón will need to both engage Pyongyang and hold the regime accountable to succeed in difficult role Roberta Cohen July 14, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A U.N. Human Rights Council flag hangs in Geneva to celebrate Human Rights Day, Dec. 6, 2021 \| Image: United Nations (Flickr) The U.N. Human Rights Council has just approved its fourth special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the DPRK: Dr. Elizabeth Salmón. The first woman to be chosen for the position, the Council’s President selected her from a list of eight applicants ranked by a group of ambassadors from different geographic regions. Salmón will begin Aug. 1 and will serve for a maximum of six years without remuneration. During that time she should emerge as the principal voice on the international stage for North Korea’s human rights situation. Like her predecessors, Salm Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 02How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 03New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 04How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 05What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 06What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 07If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 08North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses

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How the new UN human rights envoy can make a difference for North Koreans

Elizabeth Salmón will need to both engage Pyongyang and hold the regime accountable to succeed in difficult role

Roberta Cohen July 14, 2022

How the new UN human rights envoy can make a difference for North Koreans

A U.N. Human Rights Council flag hangs in Geneva to celebrate Human Rights Day, Dec. 6, 2021 | Image: United Nations (Flickr)

The U.N. Human Rights Council has just approved its fourth special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the DPRK: Dr. Elizabeth Salmón. The first woman to be chosen for the position, the Council’s President selected her from a list of eight applicants ranked by a group of ambassadors from different geographic regions. Salmón will begin Aug. 1 and will serve for a maximum of six years without remuneration. During that time she should emerge as the principal voice on the international stage for North Korea’s human rights situation.

Like her predecessors, Salm

01Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
02How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
03New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
04How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
05What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
06What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
07If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
08North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses

How the new UN human rights envoy can make a difference for North Koreans

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