“China dismissed a U.N. report alleging North Korea has committed crimes against humanity on Monday, effectively confirming the fears of human rights advocates that Beijing will shield its ally Pyongyang from international prosecution.

The report, published in February, accused the reclusive country of killings and torture comparable to Nazi-era atrocities and said officials, possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un himself, should face the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Chen Chuandong, a counsellor at China’s mission in Geneva, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that the independent commission of inquiry had made unfounded accusations and made recommendations that were “divorced from reality”.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Tom Miles / Reuters / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/17/un-north-korea-crimes-against-humanity-report_n_4977793.html