Yang, Jina

Rights in the DPRK : Discrepancies Between International and Domestic Legal Instruments in Promoting Women’s Rights and the Reality Reflected by North Korean Defectors

This article examines the effectiveness of international and local women’s rights legislation on women’s rights in the DPRK.  The DPRK has adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (“CEDAW”), and has domestic legislation such as the Law on Sex Equality, the Socialist Constitution, the Law on the Protection and Promoti