북한 인권 문제와 한반도 분단체제: 『2014 유엔 인권이사회 북한인권조사위원회 보고서 』에 대한 비판적 독해를 중심으로 = North Korean Human Rights Problems and the Division System in the Korean Peninsula: A Critical Review of the “Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK”

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This article presents a critical review of the reports submitted on 7 February 2014 by the Commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, which was established by the United Nations Human Rights Council on 21 March 2013, and tries to more deeply understand the problem of North Korean human rights and to propose a more appropriate action program in order to improve the human rights situation in North Korea. Our criticism focuses on three points: the human rights situation in North Korea and the working methods of the Commission of Inquiry; the context and causes of human rights violations in North Korea; and the recommendations of the Commission of inquiry. To criticize the reports of the Commission of inquiry is not to deny completely the activities and reports of the Commission of inquiry, but to make clear its achievements and limitations. This article introduces the concepts of ‘division system in the Korean peninsula’ and ‘post-division’ in analyzing the problem of North Korean human rights problem, and attempts to get around a conflict between a ‘rights-up-front perspective’ and a ‘national-sovereignty-first perspective’.