A stunning catalogue of torture and the widely spread abuse of even the weakest of North Koreans reveal the brutal state “that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” according to CNN.com.

The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) is currently facing charges by the United Nations on crimes against humanity, which are under consideration of being brought to the International Criminals Court.

The 372-page report submitted by the UN after a year-long investigation includes unprecedented public testimony by defectors at hearings held in South korea, Japan, Britain, and the United States.

It had been found that political prison camps do not officially exist, and that the only way to know of the existence of such camps is through testimony and satellite images.  Four large prison camps are believed to exist today, and that there were 12 camps or more in the past.  There are 80,000 to 130,000 people detained today.

Most of the prisoners are political prisoners, which can be defined as a person imprisoned for their political beliefs or practices, but North Korea won’t stop at this one individual.  Their siblings and parents can also expect to  be detained.

North Korean leaders are also firm believers in “racial purity,” and only occasionally release a citizen to travel.  Although, when a female citizen of DPRK is believed to be pregnant with the child of a Chinese man, she can be immediately deported back to Korea and detained in a political prisoners’ camp.

“…the experiences of women who are interned on the forced return from China when it is believed they could be pregnant from a Chinese man, something that contravenes North Korean notions of racial purity…” according to theguardian.com.

These children, if they can slip past the watchful eye of DPRK officials, may have a chance to live but can never identify as their parents’ child and must struggle to hide from the government.

Those who don’t escape have a much less fortunate fate.

“Aside from the drowning of the newborn baby, the panel heard testimony of forced abortions, sometimes using chemicals or beatings, or surgical procedures without anesthetic,” according to theguardian.com.

These abortions can be performed at any point during the pregnancy, sometimes as late as eight months in.

North Korea, just as it is selective with who can leave the country, is selective with who can enter into the country.

“North Korea did not respond to requests for access to the country and information about its human right practices, according to the commission,” states CNN.com.

China also seems to be a firm protector of North Korea.

“The commission of inquiry sought access to parts of China that border North Korea…but was denied,” as reported on CNN.com.

China also monitors North Korean-born citizens that enter their country and have been known to deport women believed to be pregnant by a Chinese man, as previously stated.

DPRK has retaliated, denying allegations of crimes against humanity.  They claimed the report was based on “lies and fabrications deliberately cooked up by hostile forces and riff-raff,” according to theguardian.com.

The UN human rights chief has urged world powers to refer to the state to the International Criminal Court, although this appears unlikely due to the imminent veto on China’s part.

The report ultimately concluded that North Korea has been exterminating political prisoners over the past five decades that might amount to genocide.