2017 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 85 - North Korean Human Rights
Subchapter I - Promoting the Human Rights of North Koreans
Sec. 7815 - United Nations Commission on Human Rights

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 7815 (2017)
Section Name §7815. United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Section Text

It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations has a significant role to play in promoting and improving human rights in North Korea, and that—

(1) the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) has taken positive steps by adopting Resolution 2003/10 and Resolution 2004/13 on the situation of human rights in North Korea, and particularly by requesting the appointment of a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea; and

(2) the severe human rights violations within North Korea warrant country-specific attention and reporting by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 108–333, title I, §105, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1291.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 85 - NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
SUBCHAPTER I - PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF NORTH KOREANS
Sec. 7815 - United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Contains section 7815
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 118 Stat. 1291
Public Law References Public Law 108-333
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