In this submission, Amnesty International notes that North Korea failed to clarify its position on recommendations focused on the right to food, restrictions on freedom of movement and freedom of expression, the use of torture and ill-treatment in detention, the death penalty and lack of access for independent human rights monitors. The human rights situation on the ground is dismal; torture, particularly in political prison camps, and extrajudicial executions continue, as do major concerns relating to the right to food, freedom of movement and access to health.
