Amnesty International is submitting this briefing in advance of the UN Human Rights Committee’s examination in October 2015 of the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) fourth periodic report on the measures taken to implement its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This submission provides an overview of the organization’s main concerns about the South Korean government’s compliance with its obligations under the Covenant with respect to a number of issues including independence of the national human rights institution, the death penalty, trafficking, forced labour, poor working conditions and discrimination against migrant workers, the right to conscientious objection to military service, the right to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
