Purpose of Publication and Research Methodology The White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea, which the Korea Institute for National Unification has published annually since 1996, aims to raise awareness of North Korean human rights issues at home and abroad and to provide related basic materials by objectively surveying and analyzing the North Korean human rights situation. The White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2024 incorporates information from in-depth interviews with 32 North Korean defectors who had lived in North Korea most recently before entering South Korea. These interviewees were ed with consideration for their demographic and social backgrounds. This White Paper 2024 classifies and analyzes the human rights situation in the North under the following parts: The Reality of Civil and Political Rights; The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Vulnerable Groups; and Major Issues.

PartⅠ
Purpose of Publication and Research Methodology
1 Purpose of Publication_36
2 Research Methodology_38
3 Perceptions of and Responses to Human Rights in North Korea_47

PartⅡ
The Reality of Civil and Political Rights
1 Right to Life_68
2 Right Not to Be Tortured Receive Inhuman Treatment_89
3 Right to Liberty and Security of Person_123
4 Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence_138
5 Right to a Fair Trial_158
6 Right to Privacy_192
7 Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion_207
8 Right to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information_225
9 Right to Freedom of Assembly and Association_263
10 Right to Political Participation_271

PartⅢ
The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1 Right to Food_284
2 Right to Health_308
3 Right to Work_357
4 Right to Education_384
5 Right to Social Security_413

PartⅣ
Vulnerable Groups
1 Women_434
2 Children_479
3 Persons with Disabilities_512

PartⅤ
Major Issues
1 Political Prison Camps (Kwanliso)_550
2 Overseas Defectors_568
3 Overseas Workers_598
4 Separated Families, Abductees, Detainees, and Korean War POWs_629
5 Disasters_678
6 Discrimination and Inequality_706