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Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 6
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Uighur 3
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Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
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Women's rights 28
Women-at-risk 16

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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016 - East Asia and the Pacific 22 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) \| Document type: Country Profiles
Torn Apart - The Human Rights Dimension of the Involuntary Sepertation of Korean Families December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Freedom on the Net 2016 - South Korea 14 November 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom of the Press 2016 - South Korea 18 October 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Republic of Korea: UN rights expert calls for probe in death of 69-year old protester 28 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Diplomat defector, wife were of high pedigree in North Korea 17 August 2016 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
2015 Report on International Religious Freedom - Republic of Korea 10 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on its mission to the Republic of Korea 3 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Mission Reports
2016 Trafficking in Persons Report - Korea, Republic of 30 June 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom in the World 2016 - South Korea 29 June 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports

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