Women were subjected to violence and abuse online and by public officials. LGBTI people faced discrimination in media reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic, in the military and in education. Logistics companies did not provide adequate protection for delivery workers who faced elevated health risks...

In this submission Amnesty International sets out its concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant) by the government of South Korea. It highlights concerns with regard to violations committed in the context of...

See below the Oral Statement Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports: Republic of Korea.

In this briefing Amnesty International highlights six areas of concern. They include the lack of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation; lack of access to safe abortion; government plans to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family; online gender-based violence; justice for...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...

Amnesty International provided a submission to the Supreme Court in South Korea on international legal standards with regard to the right of legal gender recognition. The right to legal gender recognition is derived from a number of fundamental rights protected in both domestic and international...

This oral statement by Amnesty International to the 52st session of the UN Human Rights Council offers the organization’s perspectives ahead of the start of the UPR’s 4th cycle on the value of the mechanism for achieving progress; the importance of civil society engagement, the need to strengthen...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on 26 January 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to South Korea in its previous UPR, including in relation to anti-discrimination law,...

Ahead of the 2022 Presidential election in the Republic of Korea (ROK), Amnesty International calls upon the presidential candidates to respect, protect, fulfill, and promote human rights for all. The presidential candidates should publicly commit to meeting ROK’s international human rights...

Amnesty International welcomes the submission of bills banning discrimination in South Korea and urges the party leaders of the National Assembly to ensure a comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Act is passed into law without further delay. This law should address discrimination based on a broad...

In this report, Amnesty International provides new information exposing the link between Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Ltd (MEHL) and military units that are implicated in crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations. This information has implications for...

There is no law criminalizing same-sex sexual activity between civilians in South Korea; however, Article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act punishes sexual activity between men with up to two years in prison. The military code does more than legislate against particular sexual acts; it...

Today, 15 May marks International Conscientious Objection Day. South Korean conscientious objectors have many reasons to celebrate after both the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court ruled to recognize conscientious objection in landmark judgments in 2018.