Republic of Korea

• Annual Reports 150
• Chronologies of Events 1
• Commentaries 1
• Comments on Concluding Observations 3
• Compilations 1
• Concluding Observations 13
• Country Briefing Folders 2
• Country News 54
• Country Operations Plans 4
• Country Profiles 4
• Country Reports 50
• Mission Reports 1
• Query Responses 133
• Sessional Reports 1
• States Parties Reports 26
• Thematic Reports 3

• Abduction 4
• Access to procedures 1
• Airports 1
• Anglican 2
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 25
• Armed forces / Military 7
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Baptist 3
• Border conflict 6
• Border crossers 6
• Buddhist 7
• Catholic 6
• Child labour 1
• Child prostitution 8
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 23
• Children-at-risk 13
• Chinese 3
• Christian 7
• Citizenship law 3
• Civil and political rights 4
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 3
• Confucianist 3
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
• Corruption 8
• Credibility assessment 1
• Criminal justice 14
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 16
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Denial of refugee status 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 3
• Disabled persons 6
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 35
• Domestic violence 15
• EU Qualification Directive 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 21
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 2
• Election law 1
• Elections 13
• Equal opportunities 2
• Equality before the law 1
• Evacuation 1
• Extrajudicial executions 15
• Extreme poverty 1
• Forced labour 20
• Forced marriage 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 22
• Freedom of assembly and association 35
• Freedom of expression 79
• Freedom of information 42
• Freedom of movement 17
• Freedom of religion 34
• Freedom of speech 24
• Gender discrimination 22
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 4
• HIV and AIDS 4
• Honamese 2
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
• Human Rights Council 7
• Human rights activists 11
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 38
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 2
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
• Immigration Detention 1
• Immigration control after entry 2
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Indigenous persons 1
• Integration 2
• Internal armed conflict 1
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 2
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
• International armed conflict 5
• International courts and tribunals 1
• International protection 2
• Iranians 1
• Japanese 1
• Jehovah's Witness 11
• Koreans 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
• Lutheran 2
• Mental health 1
• Methodist 2
• Migrant rights 12
• Migrants 20
• Military operations 2
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 24
• Minorities 15
• Minority rights 2
• Mormon 6
• Muslim 6
• Naturalization 1
• Opposition 1
• Passports 6
• Peace agreements 1
• Peace process 3
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 9
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 5
• Police 16
• Political groups 1
• Political parties 4
• Political situation 7
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Presbyterian 2
• Prevention of discrimination 2
• Prison or detention conditions 13
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 4
• Protestant 6
• Public health 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 9
• Refugees 10
• Registration 2
• Reintegration 1
• Religious discrimination 18
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Residence permits / Residency 4
• Returnees 1
• Right to a nationality 3
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 2
• Right to employment 7
• Right to food 1
• Right to life 1
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rights of non-citizens 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• SGBV 28
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 6
• Security situation 6
• Seventh Day Adventist 6
• Smuggling of persons 3
• Social group discrimination 13
• State protection 1
• Terrorism 14
• Trafficking in persons 37
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
• Travel documents 2
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Uighur 3
• Unification Church 3
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
• Unlawful departure 1
• Visas 5
• Women's rights 26
• Women-at-risk 15

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• AlertNet - South Korea
• Amnesty International - South Korea
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Rep of Korea
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - South Korea
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Beijing
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Republic of Korea
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Republic of Korea
• ReliefWeb - Republic of Korea (the)
• UNHCR - Republic of Korea
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Korea, Republic of
• United States Department of State - South Korea
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Republic of Korea