107
NHRCK, Opinion on the Bill on the Protection and Support of Platform Workers (November
2021); Recommendation and opinion on the improvement of unfair labor practice systems (May
2022); and Opinion on the proposed partial amendment of the Trade Union and Labor Relations
Adjustment Act (December 2022).
108
The court upheld the guilty verdict against teachers’ union members for violating their political
neutrality by participating in a declaration on the state of affairs calling for a fact-finding investigation
into the Sewol Ferry disaster in 2020 which resulted in many deaths including students, the
punishment of those responsible, and the resignation of the regime.
109
Minister of Personnel Management, Minister of Interior and Safety, Minister of Education, and
Chairperson of the National Election Commission.
110
NHRCK, Recommendation for guaranteeing political freedom for public officials and teachers
(February 2019).
111
Ibid.
112
NHRCK, Opinion on the proposed partial amendment of the Act on the Performance of Duties by
Police Officers (December 2016).
113
Ibid.
114
NHRCK, Opinion on the pre-announcement of the proposed partial amendment of the Refugee Act
(February 2019); Opinion on the proposed partial amendment of the Refugee Act (August 2020);
Opinion on the pre-announcement for the proposed partial amendment of the Refugee Act (January
2021); and Submission of opinion on the proposed partial amendment of the Refugee Act to the
Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly (January 2022)
115
According to the survey, a total of 54.1 percent of respondents answered that they “strongly agree”
or “slightly agree.”
116
NHRCK, Decision on an unjust construction halt notice for a mosque (Case No.
21Jinjeong0426300, September 2021).
117
The Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of Rights of All
Migrant Workers provided in the Joint General Comment No. 3 (2017), “The Committees urge due
diligence regarding safeguards in the development and implementation of data systems, and in the
sharing of data between authorities and/or countries. State parties should implement a “firewall” and
prohibit the sharing and use for immigration enforcement of the personal data collected for other
purposes, such as protection, remedy, civil registration and access to services. This is necessary to
uphold data protection principles and protect the rights of the child, as stipulated in the Convention on
the Rights of the Child.” (CRC/C/GC/22, para. 17).
118
NHRCK, Recommendation for the improvement in the birth registration system (November
2017); and Recommendation for the 2nd Human Rights Guidelines on Migration (September 2019).
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