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마르주키 다루스만 유엔 북한인권 특별보고관이 6일 북한 인권침해에 대한 정보 수집차 방한했다.
유엔 북한인권 서울사무소에 따르면 이날 오전 입국한 다루스만 특별보고관은 1 0일까지 서울에 머물며 외교부와 통일부 등 정부 관계자와 북한인권 관련 민간단체 관계자 등을 면담할 예정이다.
다루스만은 지난해 11월에도 서울을 방문했으나, 지난 6월 유엔 북한 인권조사 위원회(COI)의 권고에 따라 북한 인권상황 감시를 위한 유엔 북한인권사무소가 서울 종로구에 개설된 이후 방한은 이번이 처음이다.
앞서 다루스만 특별보고관은 지난 2일 성명에서 "이번 서울 방문을 통해 북한의 인권침해에 관한 새로운 정보를 수집하는 한편, 남북 간 새로운 관계 발전이 북한 인권에 미치는 영향 등에 대해서도 논의할 것"이라고 밝혔다.
다루스만은 오는 9일 오후 3시 연세대에서 기자회견을 열고 방한 결과에 대해 설명할 예정이다. (연합)
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U.N. rapporteur on N.K. human rights arrives in Seoul
The U.N. special rapporteur on the North Korea's human rights situation arrived in Seoul Sunday to assess the impact of recent developments in inter-Korean ties on the North Korean people's human rights.
Marzuki Darusman plans to stay here for five days to meet with government officials, civil society actors and other interested parties in South Korea, the U.N. human rights office in Seoul said in a statement on its website.
It will be the independent expert's first visit here since the U.N. office opened in June as a follow-up to last year's Commission of Inquiry report that accused North Korea of gross human rights abuses. The communist nation bristles at criticism of its human rights situation, calling it a U.S.-led attempt to topple its regime.
"I will use this mission to Seoul to obtain new information on the alleged human rights violations in DPRK, but also to discuss the impact of new developments in relations between the two Koreas on human rights," Darusman said in the statement, referring to North Korea by the acronym of its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The two Koreas reached a landmark agreement last week to defuse heightened military tensions sparked by a land mine explosion and to increase cross-border exchanges, including temporary reunions for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.
Darusman plans to use the data collected during his trip in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council next March.
At the end of his trip, he will hold a press conference at Yonsei University in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
