Republic of Korea

• Annual Reports 205
• Chronologies of Events 1
• Commentaries 2
• Comments on Concluding Observations 3
• Compilations 1
• Concluding Observations 15
• Country Briefing Folders 2
• Country News 140
• Country Operations Plans 4
• Country Profiles 5
• Country Reports 67
• Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 2
• Mission Reports 4
• Query Responses 141
• Regional Reports 2
• Sessional Reports 2
• States Parties Reports 29
• Thematic Reports 3

• Abduction 5
• Access to procedures 2
• Airports 1
• Anglican 2
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 32
• Armed forces / Military 16
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-migration nexus 1
• Asylum-seekers 10
• Baptist 4
• Border conflict 22
• Border controls 1
• Border crossers 7
• Buddhist 12
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 5
• Child prostitution 14
• Child soldiers 3
• Children's rights 25
• Children-at-risk 17
• Chinese 3
• Christian 12
• Citizenship / Nationality law 2
• Civil and political rights 6
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict prevention 1
• Conflict resolution 1
• Conflict situation 3
• Confucianist 7
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 3
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
• Corruption 19
• Credibility assessment 1
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 14
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 22
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Democracy 3
• Denial of refugee status 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 8
• Disappeared persons 17
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 42
• Domestic violence 19
• EU Qualification Directive 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 26
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 2
• Election law 1
• Elections 25
• Equal opportunities 2
• Equality before the law 1
• Evacuation 1
• Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
• Extrajudicial executions 17
• Extreme poverty 1
• False documents 2
• Family reunification 5
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Forced labour 30
• Forced marriage 2
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 26
• Freedom of assembly and association 62
• Freedom of conscience 1
• Freedom of expression 117
• Freedom of information 63
• Freedom of movement 20
• Freedom of religion 47
• Freedom of speech 33
• Gender discrimination 25
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 4
• HIV and AIDS 11
• Honamese 2
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
• Human Rights Council 12
• Human rights activists 11
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 48
• Human rights law 1
• Human rights monitors 5
• Humanitarian assistance 2
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
• Immigrants 1
• Immigration Detention 2
• Immigration control after entry 2
• Independence of judiciary 2
• Indigenous persons 1
• Integration 2
• Internal armed conflict 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 2
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 4
• International armed conflict 6
• International courts and tribunals 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
• International protection 3
• Iranians 1
• Japanese 1
• Jehovah's Witness 15
• Jew 5
• Karen 1
• Koreans 6
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 20
• Livelihoods 1
• Lutheran 2
• Mental health 1
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
• Methodist 2
• Migrant rights 20
• Migrants 26
• Military operations 5
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 43
• Minorities 18
• Minority rights 4
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 5
• Naturalization 1
• Non-refoulement 1
• Opposition 1
• Passports 6
• Peace agreements 2
• Peace process 9
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 11
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 13
• Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
• Persons with disabilities 12
• Police 22
• Political asylum 1
• Political groups 1
• Political parties 8
• Political situation 11
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Presbyterian 2
• Prevention of discrimination 6
• Prison or detention conditions 17
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 12
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 9
• Public health 3
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 9
• Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 3
• Refoulement 2
• Refugee seamen 1
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
• Refugees 19
• Refugees sur place 1
• Registration 2
• Reintegration 1
• Religious discrimination 19
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Residence permits / Residency 6
• Returnees 1
• Right to a nationality 3
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 2
• Right to employment 7
• Right to food 1
• Right to health 1
• Right to justice 1
• Right to life 1
• Right to registration at birth 3
• Right to seek asylum 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rights of non-citizens 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 8
• Safe country of origin 1
• Safe third country 2
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 8
• Security situation 8
• Seventh Day Adventist 10
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 33
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Smuggling of persons 3
• Social group discrimination 13
• State protection 3
• Statelessness 1
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 7
• Temporary protection 2
• Terrorism 17
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 5
• Trafficking in persons 51
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
• Travel documents 2
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Uighur 3
• Unification Church 7
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 12
• Unlawful departure 1
• Visas 5
• Women's rights 31
• Women-at-risk 16

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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