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• EurasiaNet 1
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• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 2
• International Crisis Group (ICG) 7
• International Federation for Human Rights 6
• International Trade Union Confederation 6
• Jamestown Foundation 1
• Japan: Supreme Court 1
• Minorities at Risk Project 2
• Minority Rights Group International 5
• National Legislative Bodies 13
• New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority 1
• Quaker United Nations Office 1
• Radio Free Asia 12
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9
• Refugee Studies Centre 1
• Refugees International 1
• Reporters Without Borders 18
• South Korea: Seoul District Court, 13th Administration 1
• UN Commission on Human Rights 1
• UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 5
• UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 6
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 5
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 10
• UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 1
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 10
• UN Development Programme 2
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• UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 13
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• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 4
• United States Department of State 52
• United States Supreme Court 1

• Annual Reports 150
• Case Law 29
• Chronologies of Events 1
• Commentaries 1
• Comments on Concluding Observations 3
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• Compilations 1
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• Country Briefing Folders 2
• Country News 53
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• Maps 1
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• National Legislation 13
• Query Responses 133
• Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 7
• Sessional Reports 1
• States Parties Reports 26
• Thematic Reports 8

• 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 3
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Baptist 3
• Border conflict 3
• Border crossers 6
• Buddhist 7
• Catholic 6
• Child labour 1
• Child prostitution 8
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 24
• Children-at-risk 14
• Chinese 3
• Christian 9
• Citizenship law 6
• Civil and political rights 5
• Civil rights legislation 1
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Complementary forms of protection 1
• Conflict situation 3
• Confucianist 3
• Constitutional law 2
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
• Corruption 7
• Country of origin information (COI) 3
• Credibility assessment 3
• Criminal justice 16
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 16
• Demobilization / Disarmament 3
• Denial of refugee status 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 4
• Disabled persons 6
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 35
• Domestic violence 17
• EU Qualification Directive 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 22
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 2
• Election law 1
• Elections 12
• Equal opportunities 2
• Equality before the law 1
• Evacuation 1
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
• Extrajudicial executions 15
• Extreme poverty 1
• Forced labour 20
• Forced marriage 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 23
• Freedom of assembly and association 35
• Freedom of conscience 1
• Freedom of expression 82
• Freedom of information 42
• Freedom of movement 17
• Freedom of religion 35
• Freedom of speech 27
• Gender discrimination 22
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 4
• Grounds for persecution 4
• HIV and AIDS 5
• Honamese 2
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
• Human Rights Council 7
• Human rights activists 12
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 41
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 3
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Illegal entry 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
• Immigrants 2
• Immigration Detention 1
• Immigration control after entry 2
• Immigration law 3
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Indigenous persons 1
• Integration 2
• Internal armed conflict 2
• 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 13
• Jurisdiction 1
• Koreans 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 8
• Lutheran 2
• Mental health 2
• Methodist 2
• Migrant rights 13
• Migrants 20
• Military law 1
• Military operations 2
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 30
• Minorities 15
• Minority rights 2
• Mormon 6
• Multiple nationality 4
• Muslim 6
• Nationality law 4
• Naturalization 3
• Non-refoulement 2
• Non-state agents of persecution 3
• Opposition 1
• Passports 8
• Peace agreements 1
• Peace process 3
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 13
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
• 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 14
• Proof of nationality 1
• Prosecution vs persecution 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 4
• Protestant 6
• Public health 4
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 9
• Refoulement 1
• Refugee / Asylum law 3
• Refugees 10
• Registration 2
• Reintegration 1
• Religious discrimination 18
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 13
• Residence permits / Residency 6
• Returnees 2
• Right to a nationality 4
• Right to development 2
• Right to education 3
• Right to employment 8
• Right to family life 1
• 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 29
• Safe third country 3
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 6
• Security situation 5
• Seventh Day Adventist 6
• Single heads of household 1
• Small arms 1
• Smuggling of persons 3
• Social group discrimination 14
• Social group persecution 5
• State protection 4
• Stateless persons 1
• Temporary admission 1
• Terrorism 14
• Trafficking in persons 38
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
• Travel documents 3
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Uighur 3
• Unification Church 3
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
• Unlawful departure 3
• Visas 6
• Well-founded fear of persecution 1
• Women's rights 26
• Women-at-risk 16

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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