{"id":28678,"date":"2016-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/press\/north-korea-csw-welcomes-us-sanctions-on-regime-3171\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:41:08","slug":"north-korea-csw-welcomes-us-sanctions-on-regime-3171","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/press\/north-korea-csw-welcomes-us-sanctions-on-regime-3171\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea: CSW welcomes US sanctions on regime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) welcomes the decision by the United States Department of the Treasury to apply targeted sanctions to top members of North Korea\u2019s ruling regime.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a press release<\/a>, Adam J. Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence said: \u201cUnder Kim Jong Un, North Korea continues to inflict intolerable cruelty and hardship on millions of its own people, including extrajudicial killings, forced labor, and torture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe actions taken\u2026by the Administration under an Act of Congress highlight the U.S. Government\u2019s condemnation of this regime\u2019s abuses and our determination to see them stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea found<\/a> that \u201cthe gravity, scale and nature\u201d of human rights violations in North Korea \u201creveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Targeted sanctions against the perpetrators of crimes against humanity was one of the Commission\u2019s recommendations. Other recommendations included a call for those responsible for crimes against humanity to be held accountable through referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC), an extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in North Korea and the establishment of an UN-mandated structure and database \u201cto help to ensure accountability for human rights violations,\u201d building on \u201cthe collection of evidence and documentation work of the commission\u201d. It also called on China to respect the principle of non-refoulement and end its practice of forcibly repatriating North Korean refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benedict Rogers, CSW\u2019s East Asia Team Leader said, \u201cWe are delighted that the United States has decided to link targeted sanctions specifically to the grave violations of human rights in North Korea, and to target key individuals, including Kim Jong-Un, responsible for these crimes. It is essential that the international community realises that change will only come when the leaders of the regime feel the pressure, and targeted sanctions is one means for applying pressure. We hope the European Union and others will follow, by linking sanctions to human rights violations and not only to the security issues and nuclear proliferation, and by carefully targeting sanctions on key leaders.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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