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<p>The UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea (DPRK) recommended the introduction by the UN Security Council of targeted
sanctions on human rights grounds. Existing UN and EU sanctions against the DPRK are
based on UN Security Council Resolutions prohibiting the further development of the
DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. They target goods and activities
that support those programmes, and individuals and organisations, both inside and
outside the DPRK, who have acted in breach of these Resolutions. <br><br>Any introduction
of sanctions on human rights grounds would require the establishment of a new sanctions
regime. The UK would want any new sanctions proposals to have a clear impact on the
human rights situation in North Korea without any unintended negative effect on the
general population. Any sanctions against individuals or organisations would also
have to meet the strict requirements established in recent legal cases where sanctions
have been successfully challenged in the UK and European courts.</p>
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