SOUTH KOREA

The Republic of Korea. Capital: Seoul. Located in eastern Asia, South Korea occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.

Documents

• Constitution International Constitutional Law (from Berne University)
• Constitution from Ministry of Legislation

Legal Resources

• Korean Legal Research at the University of Washington
• The Korea Legislation Research Institute
• The Judicial Research and Training Insitute

Government

• Korean Government (in English)
• Korean Government (in Korean)
• Ministry of Legislation
• National Human Rights Commission
• President
• Prime Minister
• Supreme Court
• The Constitutional Court

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Amnesty International
• AsylumLaw.org
• Derechos
• Human Rights Watch

Other Resources

• CIA World Factbook
• CountryReports.org
• Guide to Law Online (from the Law Library of Congress)
• Government on the WWW: Korea
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• National Assembly Library
• Wikipedia
• US State Department Human Rights reports on South Korea: 2004
• US State Department Reports on Freedom of Religion in South Korea: 2004

Last updated Sept 30, 2007.