Government
Department
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Gender
Equality and Family
Ministry of
Employment and
Labor
Local Governments
No. of
Establishment
(As of 2017)
316
217
40
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3. Despite the robust effort of the government in the comprehensive enforcement of
immigrant and multicultural policies by establishing a national plan and
enacting related laws and establishing nationwide support infrastructure, the
survey on human rights status of immigrants indicates that the aforementioned
efforts had insignificant impact on the protection and promotion of human
rights of immigrants.
4. In this regard, the NHRCK developed a Human Rights Guidelines for Migrants
in 2012 to provide guidelines in terms of human rights to relevant government
bodies to establish immigrant policies and follow the policy direction. The
2nd Human Rights Guidelines for Migrants is currently under way to provide
direction in dealing with the constantly changing situation of immigrants and
coping with current state of immigrants both at home and abroad.
Ⅱ. The Definition of Racial Discrimination (Article 1)
Issue 1. Implementing the Definition of Racial Discrimination to Internal Law in
accordance to the Convention
5. The definition of racial discrimination under article 1 of the Convention is a
comprehensive notion which includes reason, action, and territory. However,
there is no law that covers the definition of racial discrimination in Korea and
even the laws that prohibit racial discrimination are applied on a limited basis.
6. Regarding the sudden large-scale influx of Yemeni refugees on Jeju Island, a
petition went up on the presidential website on June 13, 2018 calling to
abolish the Refugee Act, revise the visa waiver program, and revoke refugee
applicant permits. Moreover, sentiments of racial hatred and discrimination in
Korean society was publicly exposed through different events such as public
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