Tag: South Korea
South Korea: Extending Health Benefits to Same-Sex Partners
It highlights a landmark case where the Seoul High Court ruled in favour of a same-sex couple, the ongoing legal challenges, and the broader implications for LGBTQ rights.
South Korea: LGBT Students Face Bullying, Discrimination
Isolation and Lack of Support Put Young People at Risk.
South Korea: Military ‘Sodomy’ Law Violates Rights
South Korea’s law that bans same-sex conduct for soldiers violates its international human rights obligations and should be repealed, Human Rights Watch said in an amicus brief submitted to the country’s Constitutional Court today.
Russia and Egypt Attack Sexual Orientation Protections in Olympic Truce at the UN
Over the next two weeks, a decision will be made at the United Nations (UN) on whether governments globally will accept discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
South Korea: Supreme Court Affirms LGBT Rights
South Korea’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to allow a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights foundation to legally register as a charity, ending three years of the foundation’s leaders facing discriminatory rejection from multiple government agencies. The judgment affirms South Korea’s obligations to respect freedom of assembly for all its citizens, Human Rights Watch said.
South Korea Backslides on Sex Education
Education ministry officials in Seoul said this week that South Korea’s new national sex education curriculum, due to roll out in March, will not mention homosexuality.