UN Adopts Resolution on North Korean ‘Long-Standing’ Human Rights Abuses

South Korean protestors shout slogans during a rally against North Korea's regime in Seoul on April 26, 2011. The placards read 'Freedom and human rights for North Korean people.' Ji-Hwan Park/AFP/Getty Images

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Apr. 1 adopted a resolution on North Korean human rights abuses, condemning “in the strongest terms” the widespread and gross human rights violations in the hermit nation.

This marks the 20^th consecutive year the U.N. has adopted a resolution on the North Korean human rights situation, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency (YNA).