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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Accelerate the process of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (OP-ICCPR).ExplanationNoted. Taking into account a number of factors, such as the discrepancy between the treaties concerned and domestic law, the need for enactment or amendment of relevant laws and impact of ratification, the ROK will continue to consider the ratification of the international treaties to which it has not acceded. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt further concrete measures to combat gender-based violence and gender inequality, including by increasing women`s participation in both private and public sectors.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Take further action to end discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation in all fields, including in the military.ExplanationNoted. The Government has devoted considerable legislative efforts to prohibit discrimination through the Constitution and 90 other legislations. Meanwhile, considering the controversy over the prohibited grounds of discrimination, the enactment of the general anti-discrimination law, which provides general remedial procedure for the victims of discriminatory acts, requires considerable examination and opinion-gathering process to reach public consensus regarding the matter. Furthermore, imposing criminal punishment for discriminatory acts requires a careful review. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:CroatiaCroatiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Introduce measures to increase public awareness and combat social controversies and stigma attached to victims of sexual violence.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:IranIranRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Establish a universal birth registration system that includes children of the refugees and asylum seekers.ExplanationNoted. When children of non-citizens are born in the ROK, their parents can register the child’s birth via the embassy of their country of origin. The ROK permits the children of non-citizen parents to be registered as a foreigner and to remain in the ROK when the non-citizen parents are unable to register the child’s birth through the embassy because they are recognized refugees, seeking refugee status, or given humanitarian status, provided that birth certificates issued by hospitals prove the biological relationship between the child and his/her parents. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recommended protecting migrant women from gender-based violence and ensuring that victims were provided with adequate assistance, regardless of their immigration status. [Para 62]
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:IndiaIndiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Stop the discriminatory approach that requires only foreign workers in various sectors to mandatorily undergo HIV/AIDS testing, which is not required for Korean nationals. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS5 and JS11 recommended introducing a universal birth registration system to guarantee that every child born within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Korea is officially registered, regardless of their parents’ nationality, race, religion, or legal or social status. Additionally, JS11 stated that the Government should improve its birth registration system to allow children born to unwed parents to be registered without difficulties. [Para 76]
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:AcceptedContents:Make further efforts to increase access of young people and women to the labour market. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Reference AddressedContents:The HR Committee regretted that no measures had been taken to implement its recommendations, made in 2015, to officially state that the Government did not tolerate any discrimination, hate speech or violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons or the propagation of “conversion therapies”, to strengthen the legal framework to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and to conduct campaigns and provide training to promote tolerance and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. The Committee reiterated those recommendations. [Para 85]
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:NeglectedContents:NHRCK recommended that the authorities draw up measures to step up sanctions on perpetrators of sex crimes against children or minors, and take comprehensive actions to tackle sexual harassment through social network services and other online platforms, and sexual violence among students in schools. [Para 6] -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:... it was recommended that the Republic of Korea ratify the OP-ICESCR, ..., OP-CRPD, ... [Para 2] -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sex work / "prostitution"
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:N/AContents:To prevent sexual violence against women, the Government took pan-governmental measures, including the establishment of the Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention of Sexual Violence and Support for Victims and the formation of the Task Force against Sexual Violence. In addition, since the revision of the Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims, it has become mandatory for schools to provide education on the prevention of domestic violence, and assistance for medical costs has been readjusted substantially. Furthermore, the Government has made efforts to tackle the fundamental and structural causes of prostitution with the formation of the Prostitution Prevention Task Force Team and with the establishment of the Act on the Prevention of Sexual Traffic and Protection of Victims, etc., of Victims thereof and the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic. In particular, punishment of the procurers and clients of prostitution has been strengthened while measures have been taken to protect the human rights of the victims of forced prostitution. [Para 74] -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:MoldovaMoldovaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Further ensure effective gender equality into government policies.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 16) The Government shifted the paradigm of policy on women to gender mainstreaming, aiming at achieving gender equality by more effective use of the policies that had been in place, including Gender Impact Analysis and Assessment, Gender Budget and Gender Statistics. The Committee on Gender Equality has been tasked with duties including coordination, cooperation, and execution of policies on gender equality by central government and local government. A new obligation on the ODA to make efforts to encourage equal participation of both genders and to develop measures to ensure gender equality in the programs was introduced.
Para 42) To ensure non-discrimination against women and achieve gender equality, the Government wholly revised the Framework Act on Women’s Development into the Framework Act on Gender Equality. The paradigm of the policies on women shifted from women’s development to the actual gender equality. All Government agencies are now responsible for taking up measures for gender mainstreaming in the course of performing their duties. The revised Act newly stipulates provisions concerning the Gender Impact Analysis and Assessment, Gender Budgeting, Gender Statistics, Education on Gender Sensitivity, and developing and announcing the Gender Equality Index. The national gender equality index is composed of eight categories and 23 indices, including economic activity, decision making, education and career training, welfare, health care, safety, family, and culture and information.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Fight against all forms of discrimination and abuse of migrant workers, particularly women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 59) The Government provides services to migrant women who are victims of domestic violence through the Emergency Support Centre for Migrant Women, founded in 2006. Since 2014, the services became available in 13 different languages. Since April 2014, through the Danuri Helpline, the Government provides a one-stop emergency counselling service on life in Korea and domestic violence report. The Shelter for Migrant Women provides safe protection to migrant women who are victims of domestic violence and their accompanying children and provides assistance for counselling, medical treatment, legal advice, and departure. The average number of persons protected at the centre increased from 17 in 2008 to 271 in 2016. Furthermore, special provisions are written into the Immigrant Act to permit extension of a migrant’s stay in the ROK if the person is a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, or other forms of violence committed in the country and is in the process of seeking a trial, an investigation by an investigative agency, or other medical procedures, so as to enable the victims to resort to judicial proceedings with confidence.
UN Compilation:
Para 55) ... The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination noted that migrant women who were subject to domestic and/or sexual violence often did not report such crimes due to fear of losing their legal resident status.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 12) Female migrants holding E-6 visas (arts and entertainment) were reportedly facing high risk of being exposed to sexual exploitation.
Para 77) ... JS2 stated that female migrant workers frequently suffered from sexual harassment and violence. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the Palermo Protocol.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 55) The Government amended the Criminal Act to newly stipulate the crime of human trafficking in order to ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The amended Criminal Act expanded the purpose of kidnapping and abduction, along with the previously stipulated purpose of “engaging in an indecent act, sexual intercourse or marriage, or for gain” and “transportation of a person out of the Republic of Korea”, to include the purpose of “labour exploitation, sex trafficking, or the acquisition of organs”. The consequentially aggravated crimes of human trafficking were also more specified into bodily injury and murder and death, in line with the principle of liability. A person who recruits, transfers, or delivers another with the intent to commit human trafficking has become principal rather than accessory under the amended Criminal Act, as such acts are defined as distinct acts of crimes. The provision of universal jurisdiction has been introduced so as to punish foreign nationals in the territory of the Republic of Korea, who have committed the same crime outside the Republic of Korea. The Government presented the bill for the consent of the ratification of the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons, which passed National Assembly in 2015 and the instrument of ratification was deposited with the United Nations. The Protocol took effect in Korea on 5 December 2015.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual harassment
Type:Review DocumentationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:Reference AddressedContents:... CESCR strongly recommended the adoption and implementation of legislation that criminalizes sexual harassment in the workplace, and the setting up of mechanisms to monitor such implementation. [Para 38] -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:14th session, November 2012Status:NeglectedContents:KFPN observed that children faced discrimination when their mothers are unmarried and recommended that births should be registered done in a way that does not permanently stigmatize them. [Para 37] -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:2nd session, May 2008Status:AcceptedContents:Noting that sexual crime is categorized as an offence that is subjected to investigation only upon complaint from the victim, it was recommended that this legal provisions be reviewed, along with other relevant provisions, in order to enhance protection of victims.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 50) Domestic violence is prosecuted in accordance with the Criminal Act and the Special Act on Punishment of Crimes of Domestic Violence and Others, the latter of which stipulates imposing protective disposition on perpetrators of domestic violence for the purpose of change of environment and correction of behavior. The amendments of the Special Act in October 2011 grant emergency intervention authority to judicial public officers in order to ensure speedy protection of victims and allow victims to directly request protection to the court. Starting January 2012, sexual crimes, including rape, against family members are accommodated in the scope of domestic violence, making their victims eligible for the protective services provided to victims of domestic violence, which include counseling sessions, housing at shelters, assistance for medical care, and education for independence and rehabilitation. The amended Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Protection of Victims and Others effective from May 2012 gives police officers, when dispatched to the scene of domestic violence, the authority to enter and investigate the crime scene to protect victims. It enables effective early response by police officers against domestic violence. In addition, the Government stepped up its efforts to raise awareness of the fact that domestic violence is a crime that is punishable by law, not a private matter.
Para 75) Under the current criminal justice system, most sexual crimes, including any sexual crimes against children, juveniles under the age of 19, and persons with disabilities, are subject to investigation and prosecution. Only certain types of sexual crimes against adults, including rape and indecent assault, that do not accompany any physical injury, require complaints filed by the victims to be criminally investigated. Careful consideration of the protection of the victims' privacy shall be given to whether or not the requirement of filing complaints for sexual crimes against adults in order to be subject to criminal justice proceedings should be abolished. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.
ExplanationNoted. The Government is continuously reviewing the recommendations.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Stop conditioning legal gender recognition for transgender persons upon psychiatric diagnosis, medical treatment and the prohibition to marry or having children, and introduce instead a transparent administrative process based on individual self-declaration.
ExplanationNoted. Gender recognition requires legislative action as it is a matter of determining the legal status of one’s gender. In the absence of such legislation, the decision to grant gender recognition is a matter of the judiciary and the presiding judge, in line with the decision of the Supreme Court, makes a decision on each specific case, taking into account various factors.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:ChinaChinaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Combat effectively online and offline violence against women and girls and bring the perpetrators to justice.
ExplanationAlready implemented.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that foreign women who are victims of domestic violence and sexual violence or human trafficking or other forms of violence are guaranteed access to justice.
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State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:DenmarkDenmarkRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:28th Session November 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination act prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender, religion, belief, and race.ExplanationNoted. The Government has devoted considerable legislative efforts to prohibit discrimination through the Constitution and 90 other legislations. Meanwhile, considering the controversy over the prohibited grounds of discrimination, the enactment of the general anti-discrimination law, which provides general remedial procedure for the victims of discriminatory acts, requires considerable examination and opinion-gathering process to reach public consensus regarding the matter. Furthermore, imposing criminal punishment for discriminatory acts requires a careful review. -
State Under Review:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:42nd Session, January 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Implement more effective policies and strengthen institutions in order to eliminate discrimination against women.