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===Human rights issues===
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the ''[[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]'' (ICCPR) in December 1966.<ref name="lee1993">Suk T. Lee, [https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol14/iss4/3?utm_source=repository.law.umich.edu%2Fmjil%2Fvol14%2Fiss4%2F3&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages South Korea: Implementation and Application of Human Rights Covenants], 14 MICH.J. INT'LL. 705 (1993).</ref> The Republic of Korea (South Korea) ratified this international human rights treaty in April 1990. Article 6(1) of the ''Constitution of the Republic of Korea'' provides that treaties "duly concluded and promulgated under the Constitution and the generally recognized rules of international law shall have the same effect as the domestic laws of the Republic of Korea."<ref name="ROKConstitution1948"/><ref name="lee1993" />
Article 2(1) of the [[ICCPR ]] provides:
<blockquote>
1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
</blockquote>
The [[ICCPR ]] provides such rights as freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to liberty and security of person, and the right to such measures of protection as are required by his status as a minor, on the part of his family, society and the State.<ref name="iccpr1967">{{REFdocument
|title=International Covenant on Civil and Political Right
|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1976/03/19760323%2006-17%20AM/Ch_IV_04.pdf
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Intact South Korea]]
* [[Human rights]]
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[[Category:Human rights]]