Contents application for Korean nationality made by migrants married to Koreans and the difficulty due to their reliance on their Korean spouses in the application for naturalization or due to the lack of children from the marriage. The convention recommended the deletion of discriminatory clauses. - In its Consideration of the 13th and 14th periodic reports of the Republic of Korea, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination states (in Item 17) thus: “The Committee recommends that the State party adopt appropriate measures to strengthen the protection of the rights of foreign female spouses, inter alia by ensuring that their legal resident status in case of separation/divorce does not depend entirely on the proof that the end of the relationship is attributed to the Korean spouse’s fault. The Committee also recommends that the activities of international marriage agencies be regulated so as to avoid abuses such as excessive fees, withholding of essential information about the future Korean husband, and confiscation of identity and travel documents. The Committee further suggests the adoption of all appropriate measures -- including the provision of adequate information on the country and its traditions and the organization of Korean language courses -- to facilitate the integration of foreign female spouses in the society of the State party.”(CERD/C/KOR/CO/1. August 2007). A noteworthy part of this recommendation is that the government should ensure the legal resident status of foreign female spouses even if the end of the marriage is entirely attributable to the Korean spouse. - At its session held in Geneva, Switzerland on November 10 and 11, 2009, the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights expressed its view as follows with regard to the human rights situation of migrants, particularly migrants women married to Koreans and trafficking of women and children: “The Committee remains concerned that foreign spouses married to Korean nationals are still dependent on the latter for their residency status (F-2). (Art. 2) The Committee recommends that the State party make further efforts to overcome the discrimination faced by foreign women married to Korean nationals by empowering them to acquire residency status or naturalization without having to rely on their husbands.”(E/C. 12/KOR/CO/3 September 2009). Part 2. Stronger protection of human rights of migrants married to Koreans 37