U.N. Takes Step Toward Future Prosecutions Against North Korea

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They called it a step toward a judicial reckoning for North Korean officials and institutions implicated in human rights crimes.
The resolution amounted to what human rights experts called a significant warning to North Korea, one of the world?s most repressive and isolated countries.
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Friday that authorizes the use of criminal justice experts to devise legal strategies for eventual prosecutions of violations by North Korea.
While the International Criminal Court was partly created for this reason, approval for a case against North Korea would be necessary from the United Nations Security Council?s permanent members.
The North Korean delegation to the Human Rights Council boycotted the debate on the country and said in a statement quoted by Reuters that it ?categorically and totally rejects? the resolution.