Republic of Korea

• Annual Reports 71

• Access to procedures 2
• Anglican 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 19
• Armed forces / Military 1
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baptist 2
• Buddhist 11
• Catholic 11
• Child labour 5
• Child prostitution 13
• Children's rights 19
• Children-at-risk 15
• Christian 8
• Confucianist 7
• Corruption 9
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 4
• Disappeared persons 15
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 22
• Domestic violence 8
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 10
• Extrajudicial executions 14
• Forced labour 27
• Forced marriage 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 14
• Freedom of assembly and association 24
• Freedom of expression 22
• Freedom of information 11
• Freedom of movement 17
• Freedom of religion 37
• Freedom of speech 18
• Gender discrimination 19
• Gender-based persecution 1
• HIV and AIDS 7
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 4
• Immigration Detention 1
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 11
• Jew 5
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
• Lutheran 2
• Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
• Methodist 2
• Migrants 6
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 11
• Minorities 11
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 2
• Persecution based on nationality 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 6
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
• Persons with disabilities 10
• Police 6
• Political parties 2
• Presbyterian 2
• Prevention of discrimination 2
• Prison or detention conditions 5
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 11
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
• Refoulement 2
• Refugees 6
• Religious discrimination 18
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• Safe country of origin 1
• Safe third country 1
• Security forces 5
• Seventh Day Adventist 10
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 20
• 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 1
• Torture 1
• Trafficking in persons 44
• 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