M-434 Human rights

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) urge the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to (i) uphold its obligations under the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (ii) implement the International Covenants and Conventions it has acceded to, (iii) sign and ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture, (iv) authorize the mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, (v) dismantle all political prison camps; (b) urge the government of the People’s Republic of China to (i) end its policy of deporting North Korean refugees back to the DPRK, (ii) withdraw any support for the government of the DPRK that facilitates human rights violations and the development of nuclear weapons, (iii) support international efforts to improve the situation of human rights in the DPRK, including the establishment of an international Commission of Inquiry; and (c) call for the establishment of an international Commission of Inquiry, to examine the human rights violations in the DPRK as cited in General Assembly resolutions and in the reports of the Special Rapporteur and to determine whether they constitute crimes against humanity.