NGO Report on the Situation of Freedom of Opinion and Expression in the Republic of Korea since 2008

April 2010
Joint Korean NGOs
for the Official Visit of the Special Rapporteur
to the Republic of Korea
Joint Action of NGOs on NHRCK ((NHRI Watch-Korea), Catholic Human Rights Committee, Chingusai (Korea Gay Man‘s Human Rights Group), Coalition of Human Rights NGOs in Korea & Human Rights Defenders, Disability Discrimination Act of Solidarity in Korea, GONGGAM (Korean Public Interest Lawyers‘ Group), Information & Culture Nuri for the Disabled Korea, KCTU (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions- Korean Government Employees Union, Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, National Union of Media Workers, Korean Railway Workers Union, Korean Construction Workers Union), Jinbonet (Korean Progressive Network), Korea Press Consumerism Organization, KOCUN (Korea Center for United Nations Human Rights Policy), MediaACT (The Media Center ‗MediACT‘), MINBYUN (Lawyers for a Democratic Society), Minkahyup (Human Rights Group), PSPD (People‘s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), SARANGBANG Group for Human Rights, Writers Association of Korea, Youth Human Rights Activists‘ Network, The Center for Freedom of Information and Transparent Society(CFO),Committee to Support Imprisoned workers

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2. FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER 3. RESS FREEDOM, MEDIA DIVERSITY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CONCERNING VISUAL IMAGES AND LITERATURE.
CHAPTER 4. FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER 5. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN WORK PLACE
CHAPTER 6. FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND THE INTERNET
CHAPTER 7. RIGHT TO INFORMATION
CHAPTER 8. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF DETAINEES
CHAPTER 9. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BY YOUTHS
CHAPTER 10. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FOR THE DISABLED
CHAPTER 11. A REPORT ON THE SITUATION FACING SEXUAL MINORITIES IN SOUTH KOREA
CHAPTER 12. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE ROLE OF THE NHRCK