The North Korean Human Rights Law will go into effect on Sunday, after the parliament passed the bill in March more than a decade after it was first introduced in 2005. 

The law calls on the government to set up an archive to record North Korea’s human rights violations and to launch a foundation to oversee and support projects aimed at improving Pyongyang’s dire human rights records.

A Unification Ministry official said on Friday that under the law, the ministry will launch a foundation next week with board members recommended by ruling and opposition parties. The archive will be set up late this month under the ministry.

The foundation, for which 13-point-four billion won is allocated for next year, will conduct research and studies on the North’s human rights and humanitarian aid, develop related policies and support nongovernmental organizations.