This article asks how legal mechanisms are employed outside of North Korea to achieve human rights diffusion in the country; to what extent these result in human rights diffusion in North Korea; and whether measures beyond accountability can be pursued in tandem for more productive engagement. Specifically, it examines how the North Korean government has interacted with the globalized legal regime of human rights vis-à-vis the UN and details the legal processes and implications of the UN Commission of Inquiry report, including domestic legislation, and evidence collection. While transnational legal mobilization has gathered momentum on the accountability side, it is significantly weaker in terms of achieving human rights protection within North Korea given the government’s perception of current human rights discourse as part of an externally produced war repertoire. Thus, efforts to engage the North Korean population and government require concurrent reframing of human rights discourse into more localized and relatable contexts.

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朝鲜的人权扩散：跨国法律动员的影响

本文探讨了如何在朝鲜以外采用法律机制来实现该国的人权传播；这些在多大程度上导致了朝鲜的人权传播；以及是否可以同时采取超越问责制的措施以提高参与度。具体来说，它研究了朝鲜政府如何与联合国的全球化人权法律制度互动，并详细介绍了联合国调查委员会报告的法律程序和影响，包括国内立法和证据收集。虽然跨国法律动员在问责制方面已蓄势待发，鉴于政府将当前的人权话语视为外部产生的战争曲目的一部分，它在实现朝鲜境内的人权保护方面明显较弱。因此，与朝鲜民众和政府接触的努力需要同时将人权话语重新构建为更加本地化和相关的背景。