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Human Rights in North Korea Activity One (Required Activity)

Watch the video:

North Korea and Human Rights: Can Things Change? A Lecture by the Hon Michael Kirby AC, CMG (total lecture is 1:13:39, however there is a long introduction so we recommend commencing at 7:45 when Kirby takes the podium. Kirby speaks until 43:00, the remainder is optional question time).

Today's speaker is the Hon Michael Kirby, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia. In 2013-14, he chaired the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).

As you watch, consider the following questions:

• How did North Korea's history contribute to the current situation there?
• What human rights issues did the Commission of Inquiry investigate?

North Korea and Human Rights