National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
of home-returning benefits such as tax reduction and exemption,
funding support, and personnel support while it does not have any
provisions for the exclusion of benefits for those Korean foreign direct
investment firms which have done human rights violations overseas.
In response, the Commission expressed its opinion to the Minister of
Trade, Industry and Energy on June 13, 2013. In detail, the
Commission proposed that those foreign direct firms, in case they have
done human rights violations overseas, should be excluded from the
benefits for home-returning by law. The criteria for the selection of
beneficiaries, the Commission added, should be stipulated by the
Presidential Decree.
In addition, the Commission proposed that the bill should be revised
to provide for examinations of the status of human rights violations by
Korean foreign direct investment firms overseas before the selection of
beneficiaries. The Commission added that such prior examinations will
clearly show if those home-returning companies have violated the
provisions of the related statutes.
2) Investigation on Human Rights Conditions and Key Findings
□ Investigation on human rights violations by Korean foreign direct investment firms
and study on the improvement of related laws
The press and civil society organizations have repeatedly brought into
question the human rights violations by Korean foreign investment
firms. In response, the NHRCK conduct an investigation to have an
understanding of the status of the violations and to propose the
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