UN names 3 members to human rights probe in NKorea

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Last Updated : May 07 2013 | 6:05 PM IST
The UN's top human rights body has appointed three experts from Australia, Serbia and Indonesia to carry out an inquiry into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity.
The 47-nation UN Human Rights Council said today it has appointed Australian retired judge Michael Donald Kirby and Sonja Biserko, founder and president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, to join Indonesian lawyer Marzuki Darusman on the three-member commission.
Council president Remigiusz Henczel said Kirby will serve as chair.
In March, the Geneva-based council approved a one-year probe based on the recommendation of Darusman, already the UN special rapporteur for North Korea into what UN officials describe as suspected widespread and systematic human rights violations in North Korea.
North Korea has called the UN moves political meddling.
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First Published: May 07 2013 | 6:05 PM IST

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