Republic of Korea

• Amnesty International 27
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 11
• Freedom House 42
• Human Rights Watch 6
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 6
• International Federation for Human Rights 6
• International Trade Union Confederation 10
• Minority Rights Group International 6
• Reporters Without Borders 11
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
• United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 1
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 4
• United States Department of State 71

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 2
• Anglican 2
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 24
• Armed forces / Military 5
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Baptist 2
• Border conflict 1
• Buddhist 12
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 5
• Child prostitution 13
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 19
• Children-at-risk 15
• Chinese 3
• Christian 10
• Civil and political rights 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Confucianist 7
• Corruption 16
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 10
• Death penalty 13
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Democracy 3
• Deportation / Forcible return 4
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 25
• Domestic violence 8
• Economic, social and cultural rights 14
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 20
• Extrajudicial executions 14
• Family reunification 1
• Forced labour 27
• Forced marriage 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 15
• Freedom of assembly and association 50
• Freedom of expression 82
• Freedom of information 42
• Freedom of movement 18
• Freedom of religion 43
• Freedom of speech 21
• Gender discrimination 20
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 2
• HIV and AIDS 8
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 6
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 26
• Human rights monitors 5
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
• Immigrants 1
• Immigration Detention 2
• Independence of judiciary 2
• International armed conflict 2
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 3
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 15
• Jew 5
• Koreans 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 10
• Lutheran 2
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
• Methodist 2
• Migrant rights 10
• Migrants 19
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 31
• Minorities 17
• Minority rights 4
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 4
• Peace process 1
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 7
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 7
• Persons with disabilities 11
• Police 15
• Political parties 5
• Political situation 3
• Presbyterian 2
• Prevention of discrimination 2
• Prison or detention conditions 11
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 11
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 4
• Refoulement 2
• Refugees 11
• Reintegration 1
• Religious discrimination 18
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 1
• Right to employment 7
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 6
• Safe country of origin 1
• Safe third country 1
• Security forces 6
• Security situation 1
• Seventh Day Adventist 10
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 21
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Smuggling of persons 3
• Social group discrimination 13
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
• Temporary protection 2
• Terrorism 9
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 1
• Trafficking in persons 45
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
• Unification Church 7
• Women's rights 21
• Women-at-risk 13

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• 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