Information to the UN Human Rights Committee for the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting in relation to the consideration of the Fifth Periodic Report by the Government of Republic of Korea ‐ National Human Rights Commission of Korea ‐ Ⅰ. Introduction 1. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (hereinafter the ‘NHRCK’) hereby submits this re port to prepare the List of Issues Prior to Reporting that will be adopted by the UN Human Rights C ommittee (hereinafter the ’Committee’) at the 126th session (1-26 July, 2019) prior to the review of the 5th periodic report of the government of the Republic of Korea (hereinafter the ‘Government’) on the i mplementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter the ‘Convention’). 2. The NHRCK, as an independent national human rights institution, would like to provide information to the Committee to refer to in drafting the LoIPR which includes questionnaires of the Committee on implementation status of the Convention by the government. 3. This report is drafted based on the Convention, information on status of implementation of the conc erns and recommendations presented by the Committee in the Concluding Observations on the 4 th perio dic report of Korea as well as the policy recommendations, opinion and results of fact-finding research es by the NHRCK. Ⅱ. General Issues 4. Accession to International Human Rights Treaties to which Korea is not a party and Domestic Implementation