Reports
“I Thought of Myself as Defective”
Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools
The 76-page report, “‘I Thought of Myself as Defective’: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools,” finds that bullying and harassment, a lack of confidential mental health support, exclusion from school curricula, and gender identity discrimination are particularly pressing concerns for LGBT students. The South Korean government should implement antidiscrimination protections and ensure that LGBT youth have supportive resources to safeguard their health and education
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June 16, 2021
“My Life is Not Your Porn”
Digital Sex Crimes in South KoreaThe 96-page report, “‘My Life is Not Your Porn’: Digital Sex Crimes in South Korea” found that despite legal reforms in South Korea, women and girls targeted in digital sex crimes – acts of online and tech-enabled gender-based violence – face significant difficulty in pursuing criminal cases and civil remedies, in part due to entrenched gender inequity. Digital sex crimes are crimes involving digital images – almost always of women and girls – that are captured without the victim’s consent, shared nonconsensually, or sometimes manipulated or faked.
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September 23, 2009
Returned to Risk
Deportation of HIV-Positive MigrantsThis 27-page report was prepared by Human Rights Watch, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network.
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August 2, 2007
The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North KoreaThis 13-page briefing paper looks at Annex 22-B of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and how it flouts the spirit of the recently amended workers’ rights provisions. It also makes recommendations on how to amend Annex 22 in order to effectively protect, in law and practice, the basic labor rights of the workers producing goods under the existing agreement. -
March 5, 2007
North Korea: Harsher Policies against Border-Crossers
The North Korean government has hardened its policy towards its citizens it catches crossing the border into China without state permission, or whom China has forcibly repatriated.
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October 3, 2006
North Korea: Workers’ Rights at the Kaesong Industrial Complex
This 19-page briefing paper provides an overview of labor conditions at the KIC, an industrial complex located in North Korea.
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November 1, 1995
South Korea: Labor Rights Violations Under Democratic Rule
Since the end of 30 years of military dictatorship and the election in 1992 of the country’s first civilian president in three decades, the Republic of Korea is a more open country with a government that pledges respect for international human rights. Nevertheless, it has not lived up to its pledges. -
November 1, 1990
Retreat from Reform
Labor Rights and Freedom of Expression in South KoreaDespite the South Korean government’s June 1987 promise of reforms, there is a wide disparity between the rhetoric of democracy achieved and the reality of the retreat from reform. The government of President Roh Tae-Woo has failed to deliver on promises of reform in two key areas: worker rights and freedom of expression.
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October 1, 1988
Assessing Reform in South Korea
A Supplement to the Asia Watch Report on Legal Process and Human RightsIn this report, Asia Watch calls upon the South Korean government to strengthen its commitment to human rights.