Republic of Korea

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Overview

The Republic of Korea is covered by OHCHR Headquarters.

News & Statements

Latest news

24 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

Korea failed to protect three Filipino women trafficking victims and ensure their effective access to justice, UN Committee finds

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Iran, Kuwait, Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and Venezuela

03 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Thirty-Ninth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, United States and Venezuela

20 Oct 2023

Multiple Mechanisms

In Dialogue with the Republic of Korea, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the State’s Support for Defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Raise Issues Concerning the 2022 Itaewon Incident and High Suicide Rates

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Latest statements & messages

15 Dec 2022

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Remarks by Volker Türk at the 4th International Conference on “Action with Women and Peace”

30 Aug 2022

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner’s keynote address to the Korea Global Forum for Peace 2022

14 Jun 2022

Special Procedures

Preliminary Observations from the Official Visit to the Republic of Korea by the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, Mr. Fabián Salvioli (8 to 15 June 2022)

25 Nov 2021

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

3rd international conference on “Action with Women and Peace” - Seoul, 25 November 2021

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Featured Stories

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26 June 2015

UN Human Rights Chief opens new office in Seoul

The UN Human Rights Office has opened its newest office this week in Seoul. The Seoul office works on the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

TORN APART - The human rights dimension of the involuntary separation of Korean families

A/HRC/15/47: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/54/24/Add.1:Visit to the Republic of Korea - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli

A/HRC/40/61/Add.1: Visit to the Republic of Korea - Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context

A/HRC/35/32/Add.1: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises on its visit to the Republic of Korea

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CCPR/C/KOR/CO/5: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea - Advance unedited version

CRC/C/KOR/CO/5-6: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of the Republic of Korea

CERD/C/KOR/CO/17-19:Concluding observations on the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic reports of the Republic of Korea

CEDAW/C/KOR/CO/8: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the Republic of Korea

E/C.12/KOR/CO/4: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Republic of Korea

CAT/C/KOR/CO/3-5: Concluding Observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Asia Pacific Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9650

Field

Human Rights Office in Seoul
38 Jongro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-110,
Republic of Korea
Tel. +82 2 725 3521
Website

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