In a letter to Kim Jong Un, more than 300 human rights organizations, including top Christian persecution watchdogs, have listed the top six things the North Korean leader must do to improve his country.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide, International Christian Concerned, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch are among those who are urging Kim to address the “dire human rights situation” in an open letter signed by 52 organizations, representing more than 300 nongovernmental organizations from around the world.
The letter mentions North Korea’s “new efforts to increase its engagement with the rest of the world,” such as Kim’s upcoming meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, but says that major reforms are needed in the Pacific nation if it is to truly make progress.
At the top of the list, the groups call on North Korea to act on the United Nations’ human rights recommendations.
“The DPRK has signed and ratified several human rights treaties in addition to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, and the United Nations Charter itself, all of which obligate your country to cooperate with a variety of UN institutions and treaty bodies and require much more engagement from your government.”
Second, the groups urge Kim to increase intentional human rights engagement.
“End the use of forced labor in infrastructure and other…
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