The head of security and possibly even the Supreme Leader of North Korea , Kim Jong - un , had to face an international tribunal for ordering the systematic torture , starvation and murder that can be equated with torture that occurred in the Nazi era , as confirmed investigators from the United Nations , Monday.
Investigators told Kim in a letter that they advised the United Nations to bring the North Korean case to the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) , to ensure the perpetrators , " possibly including himself " accountable for their actions .
North Korea " is certainly very " rejects allegations it is written in the report was 372 pages thick .
According to North Korea , the report didasarkarkan on false materials made by forces hostile backed the United States, European Union and Japan .
Public reprimand and a warning that has never been done before by the UN Commission of Inquiry - to an incumbent head of state - is likely to further inflame hatred Kim .
It also complicates efforts to persuade Kim to rein in North Korea's nuclear weapons program as well as a very confrontational stance against South Korea and Western countries .
UN investigators say they also have told Kim 's main ally , China , that China may " aiding and abetting crimes against humanity " , ie by sending back migrants and refugees from North Korea to face torture and the death penalty .
The charges were denied by Chinese officials .
While the proposal to the international court based in The Hague it seems to be difficult to materialize - because China is likely to use its veto in the UN Security Council to step like that - thinking also emerged for the establishment of special courts on North Korea , said diplomatic sources and the United Nations told Reuters .
" We have been collecting testimony and can not stop and wait 10 years , " said one source .
Michael Kirby , chair of the independent Commission of Inquiry told Reuters that the types of crimes that have been classified by the team was reminiscent of the crimes committed by the Nazi regime in World War II .
" Some of them are very similar , " he said .
" There was testimony ... concerning political prison camps containing people in large numbers who are malnourished . They are effectively starved to death and then must be discarded , burned and then buried ... It is the duty of other prisoners existing in the barracks to dispose of them , " he said .
When asked why the report specifically mentions Kim , Kirby told reporters , " A lot of responsibility is in a figure like that . If someone is in the center , he actually has the power to change things . "
Regarding how many North Korean officials are likely to be deemed guilty of a terrible crime that , Kirby said , " The possibility of reaching hundreds of officials " .
Report prepared by the investigation team that shows a list of types of atrocities in North Korea , including murder , torture , rape , kidnapping , slavery , starvation and execution creates .
The findings appear in the probe launched during the year involving an open testimony of the refugees , including the former prison guard barracks .
Testimony given in the trials that took place in North Korea , Japan , Britain and the United States .
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