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A detailed memo released by Human Rights Watch, Q&A; on a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea, explains why a commission is urgently needed, how it could be established, what it should examine, and how it will support the efforts of the UNHRC to press for Pyongyang’s compliance with international human rights standards.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513025639im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2011_Libya_securitycouncilvote.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513025639/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/14/un-security-council-heed-call-justice-syria">UN Security Council: Heed Call for Justice in Syria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 14, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A letter sent to the United Nations Security Council on behalf of 57 states calling for a referral of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) gives momentum to international efforts to stop grave abuses committed there. 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