Republic of Korea

• Amnesty International 25
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 11
• Freedom House 38
• Human Rights Watch 5
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 5
• 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 67

• Abduction 1
• Access to procedures 1
• Anglican 2
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 22
• Armed forces / Military 4
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 4
• Baptist 2
• Border conflict 1
• Buddhist 12
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 4
• Child prostitution 12
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 18
• Children-at-risk 14
• Chinese 3
• Christian 10
• Civil and political rights 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Confucianist 7
• Corruption 12
• 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 24
• Domestic violence 7
• Economic, social and cultural rights 14
• Effective protection 1
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 17
• Extrajudicial executions 14
• Family reunification 1
• Forced labour 25
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 15
• Freedom of assembly and association 45
• Freedom of expression 75
• Freedom of information 39
• Freedom of movement 16
• Freedom of religion 40
• Freedom of speech 19
• Gender discrimination 19
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 2
• HIV and AIDS 6
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 6
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 26
• Human rights monitors 3
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
• Immigration Detention 1
• Independence of judiciary 1
• International armed conflict 2
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 15
• Jew 4
• Koreans 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 6
• Lutheran 2
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
• Methodist 2
• Migrant rights 9
• Migrants 18
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 28
• Minorities 16
• Minority rights 3
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 3
• Peace process 1
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 6
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 5
• Persons with disabilities 10
• Police 14
• Political parties 3
• Political situation 2
• Presbyterian 2
• Prevention of discrimination 2
• Prison or detention conditions 9
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 11
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
• Refoulement 1
• Refugees 8
• 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 1
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
• SGBV 20
• Security forces 5
• Security situation 1
• Seventh Day Adventist 10
• Sexual and reproductive rights 1
• Smuggling of persons 3
• Social group discrimination 13
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 9
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Trafficking in persons 42
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
• Unification Church 7
• Women's rights 19
• 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