In spite of the recent bilateral peace talks and developments between South and North Korea and between the US and North Korea, it needs to be reminded that the human rights condition in North Korea is already an established legal subject, protected by both international and domestic law, and therefore, unless the human rights condition in North Korea is significantly improved, this issue cannot be legally terminated. In this vein, this paper intends to examine the ways that the issue on North Korean human rights is handled both in international law (especially by the UN, including criminal punishment) and domestic law (especially by the US, including human rights sanctions), and then identify some policy implications for addressing the human rights issue in the context of the Korean peninsula peace talks.

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一个故意拖延或遗忘的问题：作为国际法律问题的朝鲜人权

尽管最近韩国和朝鲜之间以及美国和朝鲜之间的双边和平谈判和发展，需要提醒的是，朝鲜的人权状况已经是一个既定的法律主体，受到国际法和国内法的保护。因此，除非朝鲜的人权状况得到显着改善，否则这一问题无法合法终止。本着这一精神，本文旨在研究国际法（特别是联合国，包括刑事处罚）和国内法（特别是美国，包括人权制裁）处理朝鲜人权问题的方式，然后确定在朝鲜半岛和谈背景下解决人权问题的一些政策含义。