The findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korean human rights will be

presented at a press conference on the afternoon of February 17th in

Geneva. Two members of the three-person COI panel, Australian judge Michael

Kirby and UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, will host the

event.

The COI is then due to formally present its findings to the

Human Rights Council in Geneva a month later on March 17th.

Speaking with Radio Free Asia, UN spokesperson Rolando Gomez

commented that the event would mark a “milestone” in global understanding of North Korean

human rights.

According to a UN press release, COI members “conducted

public hearings with more than 80 victims and other witnesses in Seoul, Tokyo,

London and Washington D.C. Excerpts of witness testimony and illustrative

individual cases will feature in a 372-page document, which will be published

alongside the report itself.”