Life Funds for North Korean Refugees, an NGO

1995 Treaty between UNHCR and China
The role of the UNHCR office in China is to perform the function of international protection and humanitarian assistance to refugees in China. China welcomes this function. The UNHCR office will also exercise functions assigned to it by the High Commissioner in relation to his mandate for refugees.
Key Provisions of 1995 Treaty Between China and the UNHCR
This agreement provides basic conditions under which UNHCR shall, within its mandate, cooperate with China, upgrade its mission to a branch office, and perform the function of international protection and humanitarian assistance in the interest of refugees in China
UN ECOSOC Resolution on Violation of Human Rights
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Regarding human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, The Commission on Human Rights reaffirmed that all States Members of the United Nations have the obligation to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and to implement the obligations they have assumed under the various international instruments.
The Case for Arbitration
The UNHCR is mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action for the worldwide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems.
Open Letter to the UNHCR
On Dec. 11, 2002, the representatives from the three groups, International Human Rights Volunteer, Helping Hands Korea, and LFNKR visited the UNHCR Tokyo Office. This is their letter.
Urgent letter to UNHCR on Jan 22, 2003
A large group of North Korean refugees were arrested on January 18 in Yantai of Shandong Province and other places in China. Their arrest by Chinese authorities placed them in immediate danger of being repatriated to North Korea, under a protocol between China and North Korea signed in 1986.
Letter listing 31 refugees not being helped by UNHCR
Mr. Choi Yong Fun (#30 in the list), a Korean NGO humanitarian aid worker, requires medication for his diabetes and chronic high blood pressure, but reportedly has not been allowed to meet his wife to receive the medications. In addition, Mr. Park Myong Ho (#31), a Korean Chinese, faces torture by Chinese authorities. This is the third time he has been detained for helping North Korean refugees.
Follow-up letter to Tokyo office of UNHCR
The long silence of your office dating from December 11, 2002, at which time we took the time and expense to visit you in Tokyo, conveys the inescapable impression that either we or the subject of our letter are somehow not of sufficient importance to merit the time and effort for a reply from you.
Statement by International Organization of Lawmakers (IPCNKR)
The concept of human rights surpasses the concept of nation states, and exists to guarantee various rights. Accordingly, no nations are authorized to arbitrarily decide the level of human rights given to their people. Furthermore, nation states should monitor each other and continuously work together to encourage the protection of human rights.