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Thomas Ohea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for North Korea. [로이터=연합뉴스]
North Korea’s UN special rapporteur for human rights said it is considering requesting official data from South and North Korea on the killing of officials from the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries by the North Korean military.
According to the US Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA) On the 9th (local time), Thomas Ohea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for North Korea, told RFA on the same day: “It is not easy understand the truth of the incident away from the Korean peninsula and solve the problem, but this time South Korea In connection with the murder of public officials, the UN is considering sending an official letter to the South and North Korean authorities clarify the truth ”.
Special Rapporteur Quintana emphasized that both the North and South Korean governments are obliged to reveal exactly what happened to Mr. Lee, an official who was killed by the North Korean attack. He said: “To inform the military and intelligence authorities of what exactly happened, all information, including confidential information, must be disclosed to the surviving family.” (These are) the human rights guaranteed by international human rights law ”.
He also explained: “As we sent a letter to the Korean government about the group (of North Korean defectors), we will also consider requesting (information).”
Rapporteur Quintana said to the RFA’s question: “Are you aware of the recent letter from the victim’s son to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, which contained the possibility that his father had voluntarily gone to North Korea? ” “Access to all relevant data must be allowed.” Lee, the older brother of a public official who was assassinated on the 6th, requested a UN-level investigation through the UN Human Rights Office in Seoul.
Last month, Special Rapporteur Quintana also urged North Korea to disclose all information to the grieving family and compensate for the death of a public official. Special Rapporteur Quintana said: “It is an important gesture to express regret, but it is not an apology”, in an unusual notice from the north side in which the president of the Council of State, Kim Jong-un, expressed his apology. “It is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It violated the Geneva Convention on the right to life,” he criticized.
Reporter Kim Kyung-hee [email protected]
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