The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report with 268 recommendations to improve the human rights situation in North Korea, including those to disband concentration camps and ban public executions.

The UNHRC officially issued the report at its 27th assembly at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland based on its Universal Periodic Review released in May after a comprehensive probe into human rights issues in North Korea.

North Korea refused to follow through with 93 of the recommendations, including those that demand the dismantling of concentration camps, banning of public executions and amending local laws to abide by international law.

Also, North Korea said roughly 50 recommendations in the report were based on wrong assumptions, but would look into accepting the changes, which would include guaranteeing freedom of travel and banning the punishment of defectors.

The UN makes Universal Periodic Reviews three times every year in member state groups of 14 to protect human rights. South Korea received its last reviews in 2008 and 2012.