the main speaker is michael curry -- michael kirby.th the knowledge of the government including extermination, statement and imprisonment year that she get underway in just a moment. live coverage here on c-span. >> good afternoon. i am the acting vice resident and direct turn of the foreign policy here. i'm very pleased to welcome me to this event on human rights in north korea which is cohosted by our center for east asia policy studies and the committee on human rights in north korea. scolarithanks to greg for your partnership on this event. we are honored to welcome michael kirby hugh is chair of the united nations commission of inquiry on human rights in the democratic people's republic of korea. this was submitted to the u.n. last month. the north korean state appalling human rights record is known around the world. what is new is the critical role played by the commissioner of inquiry in systematically and openly connect team -- collecting and documenting testimony on human rights abuses. eyewitness accounts describe a wide rang

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