Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :0.1 % ⁽¹⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Search Data

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Article 154 on the Criminal Law Measure against exploitation of women

Democratic People s Republic of Korea

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 19 of the Criminal Procedures Act

Democratic People s Republic of Korea

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 153 on the Criminal Law Prohibitions against Rape

Democratic People s Republic of Korea

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Article 151-152 on the Crimal Law Prohibition of the liberty restriction

Democratic People s Republic of Korea

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Law on the Protection and Promotion of Women's Rights

Democratic People s Republic of Korea

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

⁽¹⁾ Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.