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Domestic Legislation | Peace Agreements | Resources and Links




Domestic legislation for serious crimes under international law

Crimes

Crime of Aggression

No provision.

Crimes Against Humanity

No provision.

Genocide

No provision.

War Crimes

No provision.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a State party to the following main International Humanitarian Law treaties:

  • Geneva Conventions, 1949 (Ratification / Accession: 27 August 1957)
  • Additional Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 (Ratification / Accession: 09 March 1988)
  • Geneva Protocol on Asphyxiating or Poisonous Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods, 1925 (Ratification / Accession: 04 January 1989)
  • Convention on the Prohibition of Biological Weapons, 1972 (Ratification / Accession: 13 March 1987)
  • Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, 1968 (Ratification / Accession: 08 November 1984)
  • Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, 1948 (Ratification / Accession: 31 january 1989)

    International Criminal Court

    Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

    • Peace Agreements

  • Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit.
    12 June 2018. [ENG]

  • Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations Peace and Prosperity.
    04 October 2007. [ENG]

  • South-North Joint Declaration.
    15 June 2000. [ENG]

  • Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
    21 October 1994. [ENG]

  • Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
    20 January 1992. [ENG]

  • Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, and Exchanges and Cooperation between South and North Korea.
    13 December 1991. [ENG]

  • Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea concerning the regime of the Soviet-Korean State Frontier of 1990.
    03 September 1990. [ENG]

  • The July 4 South-North Joint Communiqué.
    07 July 1972. [ENG]

  • Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea.
    27 July 1953. [ENG]


    • Resources and Links

  • The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
    International Constitutional Law Project Information, Berne University (SZ). [ENG]. [Last accessed 17Nov17]. [External Link] http://www.korea-dpr.com/

  • The Criminal Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
    [ENG]. [Last accessed 17Nov17]. [External Link to pdf document]

  • Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea concerning the regime of the Soviet-Korean State Frontier of 1990.
    Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations. [ENG]. [Last accessed 17Nov17]. [External Link]

  • Legal Guide to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
    U.S. Law Library of Congress. [ENG]. [Last accessed 17Nov17]. [External Link]

  • List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a State party.
    (International Committee of the Red Cross). [ENG]. [Last accessed 17Nov17]. [External Link]

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