Resources for Students

About the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004

Read the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004 here. The NKHA was passed by Congress on Oct 4, 2004 and signed into law by President Bush on Oct 18, 2005. Public Law 108-333.

The North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2008 became law on October 7, 2008. Read it here.

INTERNATIONAL ACTION

Express your concerns about China's forced repatriation of North Koreans, refusal to provide protective legal status, denial of UNHCR access to the NK-China border, and imprisonment of aid workers in violation of international law.

President Hu Jintao

c/o His Excellency Zhang Yesui

Embassy of the People's Republic of China

3505 International Place, NW

Washington, D.C. USA

Tel: (410) 952-8448‎

Website: http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/default.htm

You can also address your concerns about North Korea's human rights abuses to:

His Excellency Pak Gil Yon

Permanent Representative to the U.N. for North Korea

United Nations Organization Headquarter Office

820 Second Avenue

13th Floor

New York, New York 10017