Briefing Paper 1: Sexual and Gender-based Violence | March 2024
This briefing paper presents findings of widespread
sexual and gender-based violence in the penal
system of the DPRK. It is intended to provide governments, multilateral institutions, and civil society organisations with essential data that can bolster accountability and guide policy development and diplomatic efforts regarding human rights violations.
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK | March 2024
Korea Future submitted a stakeholder report to the UN Universal Periodic Review for its 47th session, focusing on the human rights record of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). This submission addresses significant issues within the DPRK penal system and provides appropriate recommendations to address these human rights concerns.
Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK | March 2024
Korea Future submitted a joint stakeholder report to the UN Universal Periodic Review in partnership with Eum Research Institute and UNISEED. The submission highlights critical human rights issues in the DPRK, with a focus on the gender-based violence.
Position Paper 2: Conceptual Developments Concerning Women in Detention in the DPRK Penal System | March 2024
This position paper proposes an amendment to the 2024 UN HRC Resolution to ensure that it urges the DPRK to take all necessary steps to acknowledge and take immediate steps to end sexual and gender-based violence against forcibly repatriated women in detention and to provide information on the treatment of women in detention as a vulnerable group.
Position Paper 1: Evidentiary Developments Concerning Human Rights Violations in the DPRK Penal System | March 2024
This position paper proposes an amendment to the 2024 UN HRC Resolution to ensure that it acknowledges the entire
penal system and the widespread human rights violations that have
taken place within its facilities.
Documenting Sexual and Gender-based Violence in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: Reflections on Survivor-centred Documentation Best Practices | September 2023
This report
addresses priorities for civil society organisations in support
of their own efforts to document and preserve information
on the commission of sexual and gender-based violence using gender-sensitive, trauma-
informed, and survivor-centred documentation practices.
The Accountability Imperative: Torture & Ill Treatment in the DPRK Penal System | March 2023
This report builds upon the UN COI’s findings and
significantly advances documentation and
understanding of widespread and systematic acts
constituting torture and cruel, inhuman, and
degrading treatment or punishment in the so-
called ‘ordinary’ DPRK penal system.
Preliminary Findings of the North Korean Exiled Community’s Perceptions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Understandings of Relevant Accountability | March 2023
This report establishes acts
perceived to constitute sexual and gender-based violence in
the DPRK, a contextual understanding of the
structures that frame perceptions
of sexual and gender-based violence, and survivor understandings of accountability and
the role of survivors in these processes.
Opportunities and Challenges for Exiled North Korean Women in the Human Rights Field | September 2022
This report explores Korea Future's work with exiled women
to better understand how the human rights movement and, in particular, grant-
makers can deploy their resources to better support the active participation and
leadership of exiled women and exiled women-led organisations 
Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and the Right to Freedom of Religion, Thought, and Conscience in North Korea | July 2022
This report, written for USCIRF, contributes to significant advances in
understanding how and why this Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism is implemented
across the DPRK and how this presents implications for the
deterrence of perpetrators and the pursuit of accountability
and justice.
Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Experienced by North Korea’s Religious Minorities | December 2021
This report presents findings of torture and other cruel, inhuman,
or degrading treatment or punishment experienced by North Korean religious minorities 
Intersections between the Denial of Education & Freedom of Religion or Belief in North Korea | December 2021
This report presents findings of intersectional violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief and the right to education, both universal, indivisible, and overlapping human rights, in the DPRK. 
Persecuting Faith: Documenting religious freedom violations in North Korea [Volume 2] | September 2021
This report presents findings of serious human
rights violations targeting individuals and
communities in the DPRK based on their religion or belief, based on 456 documented cases involving 244 victims and 141 perpetrators. 
“We want our stories to be heard”: Barriers to North Korean women’s leadership and participation in the human rights movement | September 2021
This report draws on the experiences of 178 exiled North
Korean women to highlight the barriers that prevent
their full participation and leadership in civil society
organisations focused on North Korea.
Organised Persecution: Documenting Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea | August 2021
This report, written for USCIRF, assesses the organisational structure of
religious freedom violations in the DPRK and the associated methods
of enforcing compliance, including arbitrary detention, the
absence of due process, and torture and other
cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.