Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Region
Asia-Pacific
Regional Court
Not party to a court
Regional Organisations
Bali Process
ASEAN Regional Forum
Legal System
Civil
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Forced Labour

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
Not Party
1966 ICCPR
14 September 1981
1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
Not Party
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
Not Party
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
Not Party

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
There appears to be no legislation in place in the Democratic People’s Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which prohibits slavery.   
There appears to be no legislation in place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which prohibits institutions and practices of slavery, although article 7 of the 1946 Law on Sex Equality prohibits the traffic in women as a wife, and article 4 states that women have “equal right with men to free marriage”. The Family Law makes a marriage not based on free consent invalid at article 13. 
There appears to be no legislation in place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which prohibits servitude.
There appears to be no legislation in place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which prohibits forced labour, although article 119 of the Criminal Law prohibits illegal hiring or exploitation of labour. 
There appears to be no legislationin place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which prohibits trafficking in persons, although the Law on Sex Equality forbids the traffic in women as wives or concubines under article 7. 

Legislative Provisions

CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA 1972 (REV. 2016)

LAW ON SEX EQUALITY ON JULY 30, 1946

CRIMINAL LAW OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

FAMILY LAW

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