NGO Report on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence in the Republic of Korea

The report of the South Korean NGOs Coalition for the Official Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur ontruth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence

• Submission date: 6 June 2022

Table of Contents

1. Background Brief on the Legislation and Policy of the Republic of Korea from the

2. Perspective of the Right to Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence

3. The Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue: Standing against efforts to reinstate the 2015 Korea-Japan agreement

4. Forced Mobilization under the Japanese Occupation: Current Situation and Challenges

5. Forced Mobilization and Massacres of Sakhalin Koreans

6. The Korean War and the One Million Massacred

7. Jeju April 3rd Uprising and Massacre - Current Situation and Challenges

8. Torture and State Violence under the Military Dictatorship

9. The Inhyukdang Reconstruction Committee case

10. Abducted and Returned Fishermen from North Korea in forged spy case

11. Forced Conscription, Greening Project, and Purification Operations: Current status and remaining tasks

12. Current Status and Challenges of Investigating the Truth of Suspicious Deaths

13. Imprisonment and Exclusion by the State: Internment camps/institutions

14. Current Status and Challenges of Human Rights of Adoptees in Intercountry Adoption Process in Korea

15. The Park Emergency Measures

16. Human Rights Violations in Samcheong Concentration Camp

17. Vietnamese Civilian Massacres by Korean Troops during the Vietnam War-era

18. Korea's Comprehensive Restoration of Honor: Enactment of the Act on Persons of Democratic Merit