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Calling upon the leadership of the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor camp system, and for other purposes.

S. Res. 481 · 115th Congress · Apr 24, 2018 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—
(1)
calls upon the international community to—
(A)
demand the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) dismantle its labor camp system;
(B)
create a special tribunal with jurisdiction to investigate and remedy crimes against humanity committed by the Government of North Korea;
(C)
issue targeted sanctions against those individuals who have committed such crimes against humanity; and
(D)
ban import of goods made by prisoners in the North Korean labor camp system;
(2)
calls on the leadership of the Government of North Korea to—
(A)
immediately cease human rights abuses;
(B)
release the roughly 80,000–120,000 political prisoners;
(C)
halt the ongoing arrests of North Koreans on political and religious grounds;
(D)
allow the International Committee of the Red Cross entry into the camps to assist with the release and rehabilitation of prisoners;
(E)
allow entry to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea to monitor the situation and assist with the rehabilitation; and
(F)
comply with international standards of food distribution and monitoring and allow full access to international humanitarian agencies; and
(3)
calls rehabilitation;
(F)
comply with international standards of food distribution and monitoring and allow full access to international humanitarian agencies; and
(G)
end the exportation of North Korean forced labor consistent with obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 (2017);
(3)
strongly condemns the use of forced labor by the Government of North Korea; and
(4)
calls on the United States Government to—
(A)
continue to pursue any additional sanctions to the extent possible against those individuals responsible for the North Korean labor camp system, including individuals administering such labor camps; and
(B)
continue to raise awareness in the international community of the labor camps and the continuing atrocious crimes being committed in the labor camps.