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The totalitarian nation of North Korea, ruled by its supreme leader Kim Jong Un, has unusual laws such as ban on listening to foreign music, wearing jeans, or women driving, that may lead to one’s execution.
The law of North Korea (officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is a codified civil law system inherited from the Japanese and influenced by the Soviet Union. It is governed by The Socialist Constitution and operates within the political system of North Korea.
Total government control. Isolated from the rest of the world, North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family for three generations, and its citizens are required to show complete devotion to the...
The constitution consists of seven chapters and 172 articles and codifies North Korea's basic principles on politics, economy, culture and national defense, the basic rights and duties of the country's citizens, the organization of the North Korean government and the country's national symbols.
North Korean law states that leaving the country without permission is a crime of " treachery against the nation," punishable by death. In 2019, over 1,000 North...
North Korea has signed and ratified several human rights treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination...
The most surprising hint at a stronger rule by law in North Korea, however, happened on 29 September. On that day, North Korea’s parliament appointed Cha Myong Nam, about whom nothing was publicly known, as the new president of the Central Court.
North Korean Law in Translation. The following is an up-to-date list of North Korean laws currently available in English. The Center assumes no responsibility for their content.
Freedom of Movement. Moving from one province to another, or traveling abroad without prior approval, is illegal in North Korea and such restrictions were strictly enforced during the year,...
North Korea has charged that those who make allegations about human rights in the country are interfering with the country's internal affairs and trying to force down their values. [158] Other international NGOs have been established with the purpose of relieving the human rights abuses faced by North Koreans.