All of those interviewed fled the country after 2011 – the year the country’s current leader, Kim Jong-un, took power. The report interviewed eight former government officials and 22 former detainees. Human rights abuses within the secretive state have been well documented over the years, including by a United Nations Commission of Inquiry in 2014, but little is known about the pretrial system. The report highlights what it describes as North Korea’s “weak legal and institutional framework,” as well as the highly political nature of its courts and law enforcement agencies under the country’s ruling Party. “North Koreans say they live in constant fear of being caught in a system where official procedures are usually irrelevant, guilt is presumed, and the only way out is through bribes and connections.” ![]() ![]() “North Korea’s pretrial detention and investigation system is arbitrary, violent, cruel, and degrading,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, in a news release. investigator: North Korea should be charged with human rights violations
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