The European Commission's annual progress report on Turkish membership said Ankara has made some improvements on handling of human rights but said Turkey needs to speed up reforms to boost its chances of joining the bloc.

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Commission on Human Rights with a human rights council that would include only democratic countries.

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UN's Commission on Human Rights called on North Korea to allow experts in to investigate these and other accusations.

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