North Korea
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- dictatorial communist state
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted in 1948, revised numerous times, most recently in 2009
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the German, Japanese systems and inspired by communist legal doctrine
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Supreme People's Assembly (Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Central Court, judges elected by the Supreme People's Assembly
RELIGIONS
majority Buddhist and Confucian; minority Christian and others
From the country
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CITES CONTINUED ABUSES IN COUNTRY INCLUDING EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
one of the congressionally mandated 2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released by the US Department of State, painted a grim picture of conditions in North Korea.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA. TWO HUMAN TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
North Korea put two human traffickers to death in public in late February for smuggling North Korean women into China. The public execution took place in the North Korean city of Hoeryong, close to the border with China.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea executed about 70 refugees
North Korea executed about 70 refugees
- JANUARY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a United Nations investigator of human rights conditions in North Korea...
a United Nations investigator of human rights conditions in North Korea...
- DECEMBER 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
two North Koreans were forcibly repatriated by China
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that North Korea may be showing a willingness...
It was reported that North Korea may be showing a willingness to improve its human rights conditions when it discussed the issue with a visiting British envoy
- AUGUST 6, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations announced the appointment of Vitit...
The United Nations announced the appointment of Vitit Muntarbhorn, professor of international and humanitarian law at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in North Korea including reported torture, public
- JUNE 4, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about...
A United Nations committee expressed its concern about the conditions of children who had defected from North Korea and were living in China
- MAY 26, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by...
North Koreans were deprived of basic human rights by a totalitarian leadership that employs harsh repression for political crimes, Amnesty International said in its annual report
- MAY 10, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
- APRIL 19, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea denounced as a "US-orchestrated political...
North Korea denounced as a "US-orchestrated political plot" a UN resolution calling for the reclusive state to allow investigations into allegations of torture and human rights abuses
- APRIL 19, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea denounced as a "US-orchestrated political...
North Korea denounced as a "US-orchestrated political plot" a UN resolution calling for the reclusive state to allow investigations into allegations of torture and human rights abuses