The U.N. Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution denouncing the human rights conditions in North Korea.

The 47-member council convened in Geneva Thursday and adopted the resolution by a vote of 26 to six with 15 abstentions.

The resolution, presented by the European Union and Japan, expresses concern at the "grave, widespread and systematic human rights abuses” in North Korea, and in particular the use of torture and labor camps against political prisoners and repatriated North Korean citizens.

South Korea was a co-sponsor of this resolution, as well as a similar one introduced in November.

Four more countries voted in favor of this resolution compared to the one last November. Russia, Pakistan and Indonesia were among the countries that opposed the latest resolution.