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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2019Nu61740 before the Seoul High Court June 2020 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
National Human Rights Commission of Korea: Opinion on the human rights protection of child asylum-seekers staying at the airport terminal for an extended period 21 April 2020 \| Publisher: National Authorities \| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
AC (North Korea) [2019] NZIPT 801589 The Tribunal is not satisfied that there are serious reasons for considering that the appellant “has committed a serious non-political crime outside [New Zealand] prior to his admission to [New Zealand] as a refugee” because any crime he committed was of a political kind. [125] Accordingly, the appellant is not excluded from the protection of the Refugee Convention under Article 1F(b) of that Convention. 18 November 2019 \| Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime - Trafficking in persons \| Countries: China - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of - Korea, Republic of - New Zealand
Freedom on the Net 2018 - South Korea 1 November 2018 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Kyrgyz foreign minister steps down, ambassador to Seoul seeks asylum abroad 12 October 2018 \| Publisher: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty \| Document type: Country News
UN chief welcomes event reuniting families on the Korean Peninsula 21 August 2018 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
2018 Trafficking in Persons Report - Korea, Republic of 28 June 2018 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2018Du34558 regarding claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation and gender identity 26 February 2018 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Amnesty International Report 2017/18 - Korea (Republic of) 22 February 2018 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom in the World 2018 - South Korea 16 February 2018 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports

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