South Korea

Human Rights in Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination ...
1 July 2007

This briefing looks primarily at the discrimination against women migrant workers in South Korea. The South Korean National Assembly has, by enacting the Act Concerning ...

Report       ASA 25/005/2007

Death Penalty News: July 2007
1 July 2007

1.) Execution rate falls in 2006 as pressure grows for a universal moratorium; 2.) Rwanda abolishes the death penalty; 3.) Stop press: Abolitionist and retentionist ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/001/2007

South Korea: Open letter to the President of South Korea
27 March 2007

In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its sadness at the death of ten migrants and injury to 17 others, all pending deportation, during the fire in ...

Report       ASA 25/002/2007

South Korea: Open letter to the President of South Korea
27 March 2007

TO VIEW THIS DOCUMENT IN KOREAN PLEASE CLICK ON THE PDF ABOVE. Page 1 of 1.

Report       ASA 25/002/2007

South Korea: Open Letter to the Minister of Justice, South Korea
27 March 2007

In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its sadness at the death of ten migrants and injury to 17 others, all pending deportation, during the fire in ...

Report       ASA 25/001/2007

South Korea: Protect the rights of migrants in South Korea
18 December 2006

Migrant workers in South Korea are often subjected to human rights abuses by unscrupulous employers as well as by the government. They are denied rights at work ...

ActionDocument       ASA 25/011/2006

Migrants Day Feature: Living in the Shadows: the human rights of ...
18 December 2006

Migrants Day Feature AI Index ACT 30/025/2006. Start date: 18/12/06. Web Publisher Category: Refugees. Living in the Shadows: the human rights of migrants. ...

Report       ACT 30/025/2006

Arms Without Borders. Why a globalised trade needs global controls
1 October 2006

This paper, published by Amnesty Intrenational, Oxfam and IANSA, shows how the changing pattern of ownership and production since the early 1990s means that national ...

Report       POL 34/006/2006

South Korea: Migrant workers exploited and abused
16 August 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: ASA 25/009/2006 (Public). News Service No: 215. 17 August 2006. Embargo Date: 17 August 2006 01:01GMT. ...

Press Release       ASA 25/009/2006