North Korea: a role for the EU on human rights

While international efforts to contain North Korea's nuclearisation have shown their limitations since Kim Jong-un's accession to power, as exemplified by the declaration on the 6 January 2016 (met with wide scepticism) that the country had conducted its first H-bomb test, the EU is conducting a number of initiatives to engage with North Korea. As the number of 'hard' security players in the North East Asia is already quite high – with the US and China directly involved, and Japan and Russia indirectly weighing on the security situation – the EU has focused its attention on human rights, a field in which it has already proven to be a valuable partner.

ESO: Background information: High Representative expresses concern after alleged nuclear test by DPRK http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-high-representative-expresses-concern-after-alleged-nuclear-test-by-dprk/

Chatham House: Expert Comment, 08.01.16: Fallout from North Korea's Latest Nuclear Claim https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/fallout-north-koreas-latest-nuclear-claim

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