Rights
A constitution subordinate to Party rule, unverifiable in practice
The Socialist Constitution vests supreme power in the Supreme People's Assembly, but the Workers' Party of Korea holds actual authority. No independent verification of constitutional practice is possible.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Unitary state. The atlas records the text of published instruments only; their application cannot be confirmed from open sources.
Governing law
- Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea1972, amended 2019
- Ten Principles for the Establishment of the One-Ideology System
In practice
The published constitution guarantees rights including freedom of speech, assembly and religion, and the 2019 amendment restructured the office of head of state. UN Commission of Inquiry findings describe systematic and widespread violations bearing no relation to these texts, including political prison camps and denial of any independent judicial remedy. There is no accessible official gazette, no published case law and no bar independent of the state, so this entry deliberately reports the documentary framework and its unverifiability rather than describing a functioning legal order.