SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The national human rights watchdog recommended legislation Thursday to ensure that inmates will not be held in disciplinary solitary confinement for an extended period. The National Human Rights Commission made the recommendation to the justice minister over a petition filed by an inmate after he had been put in [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has ruled that universities refusing to allow advertisements on campus for small LGBTQ groups is an act of discrimination. A college student from Gyeonggi Province submitted a petition to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) in April last year after their university [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) on Thursday recommended recognizing a transgender soldier, who died in an apparent suicide after forcible discharge from service, as having died in the line of duty. The Army earlier decided to classify the death of the soldier, Byun Hee-soo, as a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Using handcuffs on suspects during police questioning should meet clear requirements, the human rights watchdog said Tuesday. A mother of two children filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, claiming the two were handcuffed for seven and four hours, respectively, when they were arrested for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog said Wednesday that the recent move to introduce facial recognition technology into public institutions is feared to infringe upon freedom and privacy of personal life and freedom of expression. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) asked the speaker of the National Assembly [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission decided Friday to issue an official position recommending that it is better to restructure the gender ministry into an independent agency dealing exclusively with gender issues, rather than abolishing it. The commission decided at a board meeting to deliver the position to the National [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Refusing surgery to a patient infected with HIV, the virus that carries AIDS, amounts to discrimination that violates the patient’s right to equality, the state human rights watchdog said Monday. The National Human Rights Commission made the decision in response to a petition filed by a HIV-positive person against [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog is expected to announce its opposition next month to the government’s proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility below 14, officials said Sunday. Currently, children aged between 10 and 14 cannot be held criminally responsible for their actions and are instead sent [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission on Friday installed its first new vice minister-level officer in charge of human rights issues in the military. Park Chan-woon, who is a member of the state human rights watchdog, has been named by the president as the first officer to look into possible [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission called for giving multiple-time asylum applicants the same privileges as those enjoyed by first-time applicants as it marked World Refugee Day on Monday. The commission pointed out that withholding work permits and other livelihood support for multiple-time asylum seekers constitutes “not only a breach [...]