Foreword
Ⅰ. Human rights and the North Korean socialist system…1
1. Human rights and the nature of the North Korean political system
2. The North Korean concept of human rights
Ⅱ. Economic, social and cultural human rights…17
1. Right of life
2. Social security rights
3. The right to work
4. The freedom of employment
5. The right to education
Ⅲ. Civil and political rights…53
1. The right to life
2. Freedom of habeas corpus
3. The right of protection under due process of the law
4. Right of equality
5. Civil liberties
6. The right of political participation
7. The status of women
Ⅳ. Other human rights violations…147
1. Human rights violations at political detention camps
2. Abductees
3. Human rights violation against defecting North Koreans abroad
• Appendix Ⅰ…193