The Report on Human Rights Situation in the Republic of Korea Many international human rights rules adopted a principle that guarantees the dignity and equality of all people and prohibiting discrimination, and emphasizes that restricting hate speeches is not violating the freedom of expression. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) through its general recommendation No. 35 in 2013, confirmed that hate speeches ‘denies the key human rights principle of dignity and the equality of the human,’ and freedom of expression is not unlimited and may be limited to a degree. The right to be equal and be free from discrimination, the right to be free and the freedom of expression are mutually supporting human rights items. Statements by the media and public officials have large impact on the human rights of LGBTQ, and therefore, it is necessary to establish measures, including creating laws and system to guarantee the rights of LGBTQ, including the Anti-Discrimination Act, the implementation of ‘comprehensive sex education,’ that considers diverse sexual orientation and sexual identity, monitoring and responding to media’s use of hate speeches towards LGBTQ, supplementing and distributing the guideline on the media reporting of LGBTQ, and including provisions on prevention and the prohibition of hate speeches in the ethics code of political parties, etc. 3) Opposition and Hatred of Islam Mosques and Residential Facilities for the Disabled People A) Controversy Over Opposition to Establishing a Local Community Facility Muslim students studying at University K obtained a building permit from the district office to build an annex to the house, used as a prayer room, to be used as an Islam mosque, and began construction in Dec. 2020. However, the district office ordered the suspension of construction against the building owner in Feb. 2021, as they were faced with local residents’ opposition to building an Islam mosque. The court ordered preliminary injunction for the district office’s suspension 82