A leading U.S. law firm on Wednesday released a report on ways to take legal action over the North Korean regime's human rights violations. The report by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was made at the request of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, a private organization. It counsels worldwide organizations handling human rights in the North to make the most of the International Criminal Court, the UN Security Council, the UN Human Rights Commission, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This report says it is possible for North Korean refugees in the U.S. to sue North Korea for damages for harassment they suffered from the Kim Jong-il regime under the Alien Tort Claims Act. North Korean refugees in the U.S. can make an issue of torture, summary execution and forced labor by the Kim regime based on the U.S. judicial procedures. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom employs some 800 lawyers at its headquarters in New York and 1,600 worldwide.

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