North Korea's Efforts to Avoid UN Censure on Human Rights

As The New York Times reports in today's paper, the North Korean government has been acting feverishly on a number of fronts to try to avoid censure by the UN General Assembly committee that oversees human rights. The resolution, if passed, could lead the UN Security Counsel to pass a resolution calling for the ICC to investigate specific allegations of abuse. Does this provide evidence that even pariah states with limited concern for reputation are nonetheless influenced by international law?

UPDATE: The UN committee that oversees human rights issues resoundingly approved the resolution condemning North Korea's human rights record, which will make the approval of a similar resolution by the General Assembly later this month a forgone conclusion. Now the question is whether the UN Security Council will refer the matter to the ICC.