Last Updated: January 15, 2025

Office of the Prosecutor of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

Aliases

조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙검찰소; Central Public Prosecutor’s Office; Fiscalía de la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC); Fiscalía Central; Служба на главния прокурор на Корейската народнодемократична република (КНДР); Централна прокуратура; Úřad státního zástupce Korejské lidově demokratické republiky (KLDR); Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství; Zen...

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2021.099.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2021%3A099I%3ATOC

Official reason

The Central Public Prosecutor’s Office is an institution which oversees all criminal proceedings in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including investigation, interrogation, pre-trial detention and trial. The Central Public Prosecutor’s Office is used to prosecute and punish persons for political wrongdoing in fundamentally unfai...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2021-03-22)

Date of listing

2021-03-22

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

Regime

EU-horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999

Official Information

On 9 December 2019, the Council welcomed the launch by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of preparatory work to establish a horizontal EU sanctions regime against serious human rights violations and abuses. On 17 November 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Demo...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02020D1999-20211213