Example 2: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2014)
The mandate of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea CoI did not require it
to identify alleged perpetrators. The Commission nevertheless wrote a letter to the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Supreme Leader sharing with him the findings
contained in its final report. The Commission drew the Supreme Leader’s attention to
the principles of command and superior responsibility under international criminal
law and urged him to prevent and suppress the alleged crimes and violations. The
CoI sought as well that alleged perpetrators be prosecuted.150
Alternatives within public revelation
Certain alternatives have been employed that allow the public provision of
information on implicated individuals.
A demonstrator beaten by police while commemorating an apartheid-era massacre in Cape Town,
South Africa. UN Photo
A/HRC/25/63, annex I.
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