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Story of a Stateless Koryoin who after 100 Years Returned to his Ancestors’ Country
“My expectations of you are not high” Mr. A said after our first meeting. While wondering why he would say that, I got the feeling that it must have been the experience of hope and expectations having been more painful. Rather, high expectations would have been much more burdensome, the reality being that the odds […]
상세보기Report Card on the Human Rights Situation in Korea – Outcome of the Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Korea
At the Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Korea(ROK) held on 26 January 2023, a total of 98 UN Member States provided 263 recommendations to improve the human rights situation in the ROK. On 1 February 2023, the ROK accepted 97 of those recommendations. The Universal Periodic Review is a mechanism by […]
상세보기State Compensation Lawsuit Filed in Case of ‘Hog-tying’ Torture at the Immigration Detention Center
On December 16, 2022, ahead of World Migrants’ Day (December 18), the Joint Task Force on Torture Cases in the Immigration Detention Center, including GongGam, held a press conference in front of the Seoul Central District Court to file a lawsuit for state compensation for human rights violations that happened inside of the immigration detention […]
상세보기“The Tragedy Caused by Loopholes in the Employment Permit System” – the Task Force on Workplace Death in Migrant Worker Dormitories
On December 20, 2020, a migrant worker was found dead in a greenhouse in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, after a cold wave warning was issued for the entire province, with temperatures reaching as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius. The late Sok Heng, a Cambodian national who died that day, had been working on farms in Korea […]
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