Washington event will take place on anniversary of release of UN report on wide-ranging abuses committed under Pyongyang regime
First stage of project began with a pilot workshop for 46 journalists in Pyongyang in October
North Korea invitation to top European human rights official appears to stand despite Pyongyang's rejection of recent UN resolution
Secretary of State says international community no longer can ignore situation in communist nation given findings of UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea
In open letter to Swiss president, group says Kim Jong Un regime ‘directly responsible for the crimes against their own people’
Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein discusses Pyonyang during speech to UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
UN Human Rights Council says 34 of suspected abduction victims are South Korean, rest are Japanese
US Department of State, in its monthly Refugee Admissions Report, says a total of eight North Koreans have now sought asylum in US in 2014
It will be first time North Korean defectors will speak to council about human rights situation in reclusive country
