U.N. draft resolution reportedly recommends North Korea's Kim Jong Un to ICC

NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The European Union has reportedly submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations seeking the referral of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

The recommendation was included in a draft resolution on North Korea's human rights violations.

"It marks the first time that a U.N. resolution on North Korea human rights includes a plan to bring the North Korean leadership to an international court over anti-human rights charges," a diplomatic source told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

The diplomat did not elaborate further on the contents of the draft resolution.

The U.N. Commission of Inquiry issued a report in February that found North Korean leaders responsible for "widespread, systematic and gross" human rights violations and recommended that the ICC consider the allegations and evidence of "crimes against humanity."