J. Implementing International Human Rights Conventions in Korea
Publishing the Source Book of the Concluding Observations of the United Nations
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the Fourth National
Report of Korea
As a follow-up to the announcement of the concluding observations of the United Nations
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the fourth national report of Korea on
October 9, 2017, we published and distributed the source book containing the United Nations'
concluding observations, the Commission's written opinions on the list of issues and written
contribution, the Korean government's national report, and NGOs' reports.
Publishing the Source Book of the Final Outcome Report of the United Nations
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (3rd Cycle) of Korea
As a follow-up to the adoption of the final outcome report of the United Nations Human
Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (3rd Cycle) of Korea during the 37th session of the
United Nations Human Rights Council, we published the source book containing the original
final outcome report and its Korean-language version, the Commission's written contribution,
the Human Rights Council's oral statement, the Korean government's national report, and the
joint report of human rights and civil society organizations.
Submitting Written Opinions on the List of Issues Concerning the Review of
the 5th and 6th National Reports of Korea by the Committee on the Rights of
the Child
In November 2018, we submitted written opinions on the list of issues concerning the review
of the 5th and 6th national reports of Korea by the United Nations Committee on the Rights
of the Child. These written opinions dealt with a total of 62 issues, including those related to
individual rights specified in the Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as the enactment
of discrimination prohibition acts; the spread of child-free zones; safe abortions for single
teenage mothers; the legally specified age with access to children's rights; child suicides; baby
boxes for abandoned babies; child protection related to fine dust pollution, asbestos, daycare
center buses, and air humidifier sanitizers; overdependence on smartphone and gambling;
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