The present document contains the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Title from cover page. In binder, 29 cm. The Commission's principal findings and recommendations are provided in document A/HRC/25/63 -- From Title page. "The information contained in this document should be read in conjunction with the report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (A/HRC/25/63).

I.Introduction -- II. Mandate and methodology of the commission of inquiry: -- A. Origin of the mandate -- B. Interpretation of the mandate -- C. Non-cooperation by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- D. Methods of work -- E. Legal framework and standard of proof for reported violations -- F. Archiving and record keeping of testimony -- III. Historical and political context to human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: -- A. Pre-colonia history -- B. Japanese colonial occupation (1910 to 1945) -- C. Division of the peninsula, the Korean War and its legacy -- D. Imposition of the Supreme Leader (suryong) system -- E. Consolidation of power under the Kim dynasty -- F. External dynamics and the human right situation -- IV. Findings of the commission: -- A. Violations of the freedom of thought, expression and religion -- B. Discrimination on the basis of State-assigned social class (songbun) gender and disability -- C. Violations of the freedom of movement and residence, including the freedom to leave one's own country and the prohibition of refoulement -- D. Violations of the right to food and related aspects of the right to life -- E. Arbitrary detention, torture, executions, enforced disappearance and political prison camps -- F. Enforced disappearance of persons from other countries, including through abduction -- V. Crimes against humanity: -- A. Definition of crimes against humanity under international law -- B. Crimes against humanity in political prison camps -- C. Crimes against humanity in the ordinary prison system -- D. Crimes against humanity targeting religious believers and others considered to introduce subversive influences -- E. Crimes against humanity targeting persons who try to flee the country -- F. Starvation -- G. Crimes against humanity targeting persons from other countries, in particular through international abductions -- H. A case of political genocide? -- I. Principal findings of the commission -- VI. Ensuring accountability, in particular for crimes against humanity: -- A. Institutional accountability -- B. Individual criminal accountability -- C. Responsibility of the international community -- VII. Conclusions and recommendations.