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Reporting status for Republic of Korea

Ratification, Accession(a), Succession(d), Denunciation(n) Date

Command item
Command item
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CAT - Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

09 Jan 1995 (a)

CAT-OP - Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture

CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

10 Apr 1990 (a)

CCPR-OP2-DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming to the abolition of the death penalty

CED - Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

04 Jan 2023 (a)

CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

25 May 1983

27 Dec 1984

CERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

08 Aug 1978

05 Dec 1978

CESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

10 Apr 1990 (a)

CMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child

25 Sep 1990

20 Nov 1991

CRC-OP-AC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

06 Sep 2000

24 Sep 2004

CRC-OP-SC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography

06 Sep 2000

24 Sep 2004

CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30 Mar 2007

11 Dec 2008

Acceptance of individual complaints procedures for Republic of Korea

Treaty

Signature Date

Ratification, Accession(a), Succession(d), Denunciation(n) Date

Acceptance/non acceptance date

Command item
Command item
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CAT, Art.22 - Individual complaints procedure under the Convention against Torture

09 Nov 2007

CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

10 Apr 1990 (a)

Document type	Symbol/Title	Due date	Submitted date	Download	EnglishODS	SpanishODS	ArabicODS	ChineseODS	RussianODS	NameEn	Country Code
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/130/D/2809/2016		30 Oct 2020	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_130_D_2809_2016_32509_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/130/D/2809/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/130/D/2776/2016		23 Oct 2020	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_130_D_2776_2016_32508_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/130/D/2776/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/128/D/2846/2016		13 Mar 2020	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_128_D_2846_2016_31637_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/128/D/2846/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/128/D/2939/2017		13 Mar 2020	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_128_D_2939_2017_31646_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/128/D/2939/2017	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/127/D/2725/2016		08 Nov 2019	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_127_D_2725_2016_31214_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/127/D/2725/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/110/D/1908/2009		25 Mar 2014	View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_110_D_1908_2009_21813_E.pdf	KOR	CCPR/C/110/D/1908/2009	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/88/D/1321-1322/2004		23 Jan 2007	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/88/D/1321-1322/2004	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/84/D/1119/2002		23 Aug 2005	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/84/D/1119/2002	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/84/D/968/2001		23 Aug 2005	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/84/D/968/2001	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/80/D/926/2000		19 Mar 2004	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/80/D/926/2000	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/78/D/693/1996		18 Sep 2003	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/78/D/693/1996	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/78/D/878/1999		23 Jul 2003	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/78/D/878/1999	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/66/D/644/1995		23 Jul 1999	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/66/D/644/1995	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/64/D/574/1994		04 Jan 1999	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/64/D/574/1994	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/64/D/628/1995		03 Nov 1998	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/64/D/628/1995	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/54/D/518/1992		03 Aug 1995	View document	E	S					KOR	CCPR/C/54/D/518/1992	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/98/D/1593-1603/2007			View document	E	S	A	C	R		KOR	CCPR/C/98/D/1593-1603/2007	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/101/D/1642-1741/2007			View document	E	S	A	C	R		KOR	CCPR/C/101/D/1642-1741/2007	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/106/D/1786/2008			View document	E	S	A	C	R		KOR	CCPR/C/106/D/1786/2008	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/114/D/2061/2011			View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_114_D_2061_2011_24022_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/114/D/2061/2011	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/119/D/2735/2016			View document	E	S	A	C	R		KOR	CCPR/C/119/D/2735/2016	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/123/D/2273/2013			View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_123_D_2273_2013_27482_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/123/D/2273/2013	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/117/D/2377/2014			View document	E	S	A	C	R		KOR	CCPR/C/117/D/2377/2014	True
Jurisprudence	CCPR/C/143/D/3660/2019	14 Mar 2025		View document	E	S	A	C	R	CCPR_C_143_D_3660_2019_40056_E.docx	KOR	CCPR/C/143/D/3660/2019	True

CED, Art.31 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

04 Jan 2023

CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

18 Oct 2006 (a)

CERD, Art.14 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

05 Mar 1997

CESCR-OP - Optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CMW, Art.77 - Individual complaints procedure under the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

CRC-OP-IC - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP - Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

15 Dec 2022 (a)

Acceptance of the inquiry procedure for Republic of Korea
* CED inquiry procedure does not require specific acceptance by States parties. It applies from the entry into force of the Convention in the country.

Treaty

Acceptance of inquiry procedure

Acceptance/non acceptance date

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Command item
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CAT, Art.20 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention against Torture

YES

09 Jan 1995

CED, Art.33 - Inquiry procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

15 Dec 2022

CEDAW-OP, Art. 8-9 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

YES

18 Oct 2006

CESCR-OP, Art.11 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CRC-OP-IC, Art.13 - Inquiry procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD-OP, Art.6-7 - Inquiry procedure under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure for Republic of Korea

Treaty

Acceptance of the Interstate communication procedure

Acceptance/non acceptance date

Command item
Command item
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CED, Art.32 - Interstate communication procedure under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

YES

04 Jan 2023

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