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May 21, 2018 News Release

North Korea: Meeting Should Take Up Abysmal Rights Climate

President Moon Should Urge Trump to Highlight North’s Repression at Summit

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, in Tokyo, Japan, May 2018. © 2018 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool
April 24, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Don’t Sideline Rights During Inter-Korean Summit

Press North Korea to Engage With UN Special Rapporteur, Allow Country Visit

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony celebrating the 99th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule, at Seodaemun Prison History Hall in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2018. REUTERS
April 23, 2018 Commentary

Why Would Colombia’s Top Commander Try to Intercept my Communications?

José Miguel Vivanco on Revelations of Surveillance from Colombia's Top Commander
April 10, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Press Human Rights in Discussions with North Korea

Over 200 NGOs Call for Rights to Be Prioritized

Head of the North Korean delegation, Ri Son Gwon talks with South Korean counterpart Cho Myoung-gyon during their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018.
April 9, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to President Moon

April 4, 2018 Dispatches

China Detains 7 More North Korean Refugees

Forced Return Threatens Torture, Sexual Abuse, and Mistreatment

2018년 3월 28일 평양의 조선중앙통신이 보도한 이 촬영날짜 미상의 사진에서 중국에 비공식 방문한 북한 지도자 김정은이 베이징에서 중국 시진핑 국가주석과 악수하고 있다.
March 15, 2018 Statement

South Korea Should Accept Recommendations to Abolish the Death Penalty and Decriminalize Abortion

South Korea UPR Adoption

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February 12, 2018 Commentary

South Korea should honor its Olympics workers by releasing jailed labor leaders

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascots and the Olympic Rings are displayed at Gyeongpodae beach in Gangneung, South Korea, October 31, 2017.
February 7, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Accelerate Rights Reforms

As PyeongChang Olympics Begin, Free Jailed Trade Unionists

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics mascots and the Olympic Rings are displayed at Gyeongpodae beach in Gangneung, South Korea, October 31, 2017.
January 18, 2018 News Release

South Korea: Act to End Discrimination

New Government Should Promote Rights Protection and Reform

Protesters hold candles as they celebrate the impeachment of South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-hye at a rally in Seoul, South Korea, March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
December 4, 2017 Commentary

Demanding Access to Abortion in South Korea

235,000 Petitioners Call for South Korean Government to Act

A woman holds a sign at a pro-choice rally at the Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul on August 31, 2010.
November 28, 2017 Dispatches

South Korea Kicks Issue of Abortion Down the Road

Government Claims Research Needed, So Women’s Rights Must Wait

A woman holds a sign at a pro-choice rally at the Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul on August 31, 2010.
November 15, 2017 Dispatches

Talking About Harvey Weinstein in South Korea

South Korea Should Do More to Fight Sexual Harassment Assault

A woman takes part in a SlutWalk protest, in central Seoul July 16, 2011.
September 3, 2017 News Release

China: Redoubling Crackdowns on Fleeing North Koreans

Human Rights Watch Documented 41 North Koreans Detained by China in Summer 2017

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un (R) and Chinese Politburo standing committee member Liu Yunshan (L) wave from a balcony towards participants of a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on October 10, 2015
August 4, 2017 News Release

South Korea: Supreme Court Affirms LGBT Rights

Judgment Orders Government to Allow LGBT Foundation to Apply for Charity Status

Participants march on a street during Korea Queer Festival 2015 in central Seoul, South Korea. In 2017, South korea's Supreme Court ordered the government to allow the Beyond the Rainbow Foundation, a LGBT rights foundation, to legally register as a chari

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