North Korea: UN moves closer to ICC human rights probe

[alp227]

Source: BBC

A UN committee has called for the Security Council to refer North Korea to the International Criminal Court over its human rights record.

The human rights committee passed a motion seeking a probe into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Pyongyang regime.

The motion still needs to be voted on by the General Assembly itself.

A groundbreaking UN report released in February revealed ordinary North Koreans faced "unspeakable atrocities".

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30107489

[merrily]

1. Decades. What has the UN been waiting on?

[davidpdx]

2. It is about time

There should be no problem getting a majority of the countries to go along with the motion. It's a given that some will vote against it (Russia, China, Syria, Iran, and probably a handful of other smaller countries).