China and Human Rights in North Korea

Does China's development-based approach to human rights offer a partial if non-ideal solution to human rights in North Korea? This book addresses this question by bringing together expertise on human rights in both North Korea and China.

Part 1: The Global Politics of Human Rights in North Korea 1: A developmental approach to North Korea's human rights problem: Lessons from China? 2: North Korea's Human Rights: The View from the United Nations 3: China's roles in the UN Human Rights Council regarding North Korea's human rights Part 2: The Developmental Approach and Regional Actors 4: A development-based approach to human rights: The case of China and its implications for North Korea 5: Development or human rights first? Japan's approach to North Korea 6: Debating human rights and the development-led approach in South Korea Part 3: Prospects for the development-led approach in North Korea 7: The Constraints of North Korean Domestic Politics and the potential of China's Developmental Approach 8: Choosing a developmental approach for and in North Korea