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 01Elite absences hint at a North Korean power struggle ahead of party congress 02With Yoon’s exit, South Korea faces critical choices on North Korea strategy 03Tools of the trade: How North Korea launders billions in stolen cryptocurrency 04North Korea’s ‘new’ sniper rifle likely Austrian import or copy: Analysis 05North Korean ICBM factory upgrade project resumes, expands: Imagery 06Ruse or revolution? Analyzing North Korea’s new drone and AEW&C aircraft 07New construction underway near North Korean aircraft factories amid drone push 08What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death

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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

01Elite absences hint at a North Korean power struggle ahead of party congress
02With Yoon’s exit, South Korea faces critical choices on North Korea strategy
03Tools of the trade: How North Korea launders billions in stolen cryptocurrency
04North Korea’s ‘new’ sniper rifle likely Austrian import or copy: Analysis
05North Korean ICBM factory upgrade project resumes, expands: Imagery
06Ruse or revolution? Analyzing North Korea’s new drone and AEW&C aircraft
07New construction underway near North Korean aircraft factories amid drone push
08What Americans think about travel to North Korea, 8 years after Warmbier’s death

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

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