,,iii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #cjc ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,august #a1 #bjai ,mr4 ,hawley 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 and ,mrs4 ,blackburn7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,,resolution ,calling upon the leadership of the ,government of the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea to dismantle its kwan-li-so political prison labor camp system1 and for other purposes4 ,whereas the public has long been aware of the labor camp system in the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea through continuous eye-witness and survivor accounts1 and now publicly available satellite technology2 ,whereas1 according to the ,hidden ,gulag ,,iv report1 the ,government of ,north ,korea runs #b kinds of prison camps1 the kwan-li-so and the kyo-hwa-so1 as well as various types of short-term forced labour detention facilities2 ,whereas the most heinous camps1 the kwan-li-so1 are known as ,prison ,camp #ad1 #ae1 #af1 and #be1 which contain roughly #hj1jjj to #abj1jjj political prisoners2 ,whereas the ,inquiry on ,crimes ,against ,humanity in ,north ,korea ,political ,prisons ,report of #bjag1 prepared by the ,war ,crimes ,committee of the ,international ,bar ,association1 states that hundreds of thousands of inmates are estimated to have died in the kwan-li-so camps2 ,whereas1 from #aiha to #bjac1 an estimated #djj1jjj people out of #ejj1jjj imprisoned were killed in these labor camps2 ,whereas persons who are sent to these labor camps are forcibly disappeared and intended to die1 and the ,united ,nations ,commission of ,inquiry on ,human ,rights in the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea wrote in #bjad that the unspeakable atrocities committed in the kwan-li-so camps resemble the horrors of camps that totalitarian states established during the twentieth century2 ,whereas the ,united ,nations ,commission of ,inquiry on ,human ,rights in the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea found that the inmate population has been gradually eliminated through deliberate starvation1 forced labour1 executions1 torture1 rape and the denial of reproductive rights enforced through punishment1 forced abortion and infanticide2 ,whereas up to #c generations of a violator's family will be sent to the labor camps even if no wrongdoing is found2 ,whereas1 according to the ,inquiry on ,crimes ,against ,humanity in ,north ,korea ,political ,prisons ,report of #bjag1 the ,government of ,north ,korea regularly and routinely commits crimes against humanity1 including murder1 extermination1 enslavement1 forcible transfer1 imprisonment1 torture1 sexual violence1 persecution1 enforced disappearances1 and other inhumane acts2 ,whereas1 according to the best available evidence1 some of the specific crimes identified by the ,inquiry are as follows3 7#a7 ,christians are heavily persecuted and receive especially harsh treatment in prison camps1 with one former prison guard testifying that ,christians were reactionaries and there were lots of instructions ''' to wipe out the seed of reactionaries4 7#b7 ,multiple witnesses watched prisoners tortured and killed on account of their religious affiliation4 7#c7 ,a prisoner was raped by a security officer1 after which the officer stuck a wooden stick inside her vagina and beat her lower body1 resulting in her death within a week of the rape4 7#d7 ,an abortion was induced by #c men standing on a wooden plank placed on a pregnant prisoner's stomach4 7#e7 ,another witness lost consciousness after enduring a beating designed to trigger premature labor1 with prison officials killing her baby before she could regain consciousness4 7#f7 ,rape victims who feared being killed after becoming pregnant engaged in self-induced abortions by eating dirt and poisoning themselves with flower roots4 7#g7 ,other rape victims self-induced abortions by inserting a rubber tube in their vaginas4 7#h7 ,rape of teenage girls and their subsequent attempts to commit suicide by jumping in the ,daedong-gang ,river were so common that prison guards were deployed to the river to thwart them4 7#i7 ,four pregnant women were executed for protesting the fact guards forced them to run down a mountain in a failed effort to induce miscarriages4 7#aj7 ,twelve prisoners were shot and killed in the commotion that ensued after the execution of the #d pregnant women referenced in paragraph 7#i71 and a former prison guard witnessed a prisoner's newborn baby1 most likely fathered by a high-ranking official1 fed to guard dogs and killed4 7#aa7 ,female prisoners suspected of being impregnated by non-,korean men 7namely ,chinese men7 are subjected to especially harsh treatment1 with one witness describing a prisoner being injected with a labor-inducing drug and having to watch as a guard suffocated her newborn to death with a wet towel4 7#ab7 ,a former ,north ,korean army nurse testified that she saw multiple abortions performed by injecting ,ravenol 7a motor oil7 into the wombs of pregnant women and that babies born #c to #d months premature were wrapped in newspapers and put in a bucket until buried behind the detention center4 7#ac7 ,deliberate starvation1 malnutrition1 and overwork are extremely common1 resulting in the deaths of countless prisoners4 7#ad7 ,at one prison camp1 #a1ejj to #b1jjj prisoners1 mostly children1 are believed to have died each year from malnutrition1 while many other prisoners were beaten to death for failing to meet production quotas4 7#ae7 ,starving prisoners are regularly executed when caught scavenging for food4 7#af7 ,at one prison camp1 starving prisoners who were found digging up edible plants on a mountainside were shot to death4 7#ag7 ,at another camp1 a witness saw a fellow inmate executed for stealing potatoes1 while in a separate camp a witness described the execution of numerous prisoners caught scavenging for leftover food in prison guards' quarters4 7#ah7 ,a prisoner was beaten to death for hiding stolen corn in his mouth4 7#ai7 ,public executions by firing squads or other means are common1 especially for prisoners caught attempting to escape4 7#bj7 ,the existence of mass graves is well documented1 including detailed descriptions of mass burial sites at or near prison camps1 as well as testimony about bodies being dumped on mountainsides near prison camps4 7#ba7 ,an undisclosed location near a prison camp was regularly used for nighttime executions1 with gunshots clearly audible4 7#bb7 ,at a #aiij prison riot1 approximately #a1ejj prisoners were shot and killed1 their bodies discarded in a closed mine4 7#bc7 ,in order to satisfy production quotas1 inmates--including teenagers--were forced to perform #ae to #af hours of hard labor per day4 7#bd7 ,one witness was forced to perform hard labor 7carrying logs7 when he was #i years old4 7#be7 ,at one mine in particular1 prisoners were forced to work #bj hours per day1 with a witness testifying that approximately #bjj prisoners died each year at that mine alone4 7#bf7 ,a soldier supervising a forced labor site at a political prison rolled a log down a steep mountainside1 killing #aj prisoners as they were carrying logs up the mountain4 7#bg7 ,the bodies of some prisoners who died as a result of forced labor or torture were thrown into the cells of prisoners in solitary confinement and later strung on barbed-wire fences where they were eaten by crows4 7#bh7 ,one witness described a torture chamber with blood and flesh on the walls and decaying corpses of past victims placed in the chamber in order to instill fear in the next prisoner4 7#bi7 ,psychological abuse in political prisons is pervasive1 with gruesome acts1 including executions1 carried out in plain view of fellow prisoners in order to terrorize them4 7#cj7 ,torture is a routine feature of life in political prisons1 with a #bjad report by ,amnesty ,international concluding that ,north ,korea's prison camps are very possibly home to some of the most appalling torture in the world2 ,whereas officials of the ,government of ,north ,korea continually deny the existence of the labor camps2 ,whereas the ,inquiry on ,crimes ,against ,humanity in ,north ,korea ,political ,prisons ,report of #bjag found that ,north ,korea's labor camp system has no parallel in the world today2 and ,whereas the ,united ,nations ,commission of ,inquiry on ,human ,rights in the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea found that the government continually commits crimes against humanity and will not cease1 because the policies1 institutions1 and patterns of impunity that lie at their root remain in place3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 calls upon the international community to-- 7,a7 demand that the ,government of the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea dismantle its labor camp system2 7,b7 create a special tribunal with jurisdiction to investigate and remedy crimes against humanity committed by the ,government of ,north ,korea2 7,c7 consider targeted sanctions against those individuals who have committed such crimes against humanity2 and 7,d7 ban import of goods made by prisoners in the ,north ,korean labor camp system2 7#b7 calls on the leadership of the ,government of ,north ,korea to-- 7,a7 immediately cease human rights abuses2 7,b7 release the roughly #hj1jjj to #abj1jjj political prisoners2 7,c7 halt the ongoing arrests of ,north ,koreans on political and religious grounds2 7,d7 allow the ,international ,committee of the ,red ,cross entry into the camps to assist with the release and rehabilitation of prisoners2 7,e7 allow entry to the ,united ,nations ,high ,commissioner for ,human ,rights and the ,united ,nations ,special ,rapporteur on ,human ,rights in ,north ,korea to monitor the situation and assist with the rehabilitation2 7,f7 comply with international standards of food distribution and monitoring and allow full access to international humanitarian agencies2 and 7,g7 end the exportation of ,north ,korean forced labor consistent with obligations under ,united ,nations ,security ,council ,resolution #bcig 7#bjag72 7#c7 strongly condemns the use of forced labor by the ,government of ,north ,korea2 and 7#d7 calls on the ,united ,states ,government to-- 7,a7 consider additional sanctions to the extent possible against those individuals responsible for the ,north ,korean kwan-li-so labor camp system1 including individuals administering such labor camps2 and 7,b7 continue to raise awareness in the international community of the kwan-li-so labor camps and the continuing atrocious crimes being committed in the labor camps4