Two organizations, Korean Progressive Network JINBONET and Institute for Digital Rights, jointly published a report titled <Covid-19 and the Right to Privacy : an Analysis of South Korean Experiences>. South…
In the face of COVID-19, countries are responding in various ways depending on their situation. Some, such as Taiwan, have responded quickly by blocking entry from other countries in the…
In the era of COVID-19, is S.Korea’s ‘new normal’ a digital surveillance state? Immediately withdraw the plan to introduce electronic entry register system! Korean Statement: https://act.jinbo.net/wp/42955/ On May 25,…
In response to COVID-19, digital rights should be respected – When publishing whereabouts of infected individuals, exposure of personal information should be restricted – Personal information collected for the purpose…
Introduction On 15 September 2017, the 6th South Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) was held at Sejong University.1 The KrIGF is hosted by the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA),2 a…
수 신 : 각 언론사 한미 FTA 취재 기자 발 신 : 한미 FTA 폐기를 촉구하는 한미 시민사회 공동 네트워크 담 당 : 남희섭 (010-3925-2797, hurips@gmail.com) Arthur Stamoulis (202-494-8826, media@citizenstrade.org)…
http://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/economic-social-and-cultural-rights-escrs/korea-republic Introduction The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)1 deals with cultural rights in its Article 15, protecting the right of everyone “to take part in…
Through the struggle of internet rights and sexual rights groups for freedom of expression on the internet, and since the revision of the criteria of online content harmful to juveniles by deleting homosexuality from the criteria in 2004, there has not been direct censorship of online content related to homosexuality on the internet.
But this does not mean that sexual minorities are free to express themselves on the internet. One of the big barriers to the freedom of expression of sexual minorities is hate speech.
1. On 16 Oct. 2015 the 22nd Collegiate Court on civil cases in Seoul Central District Court made a ruling partly in favor of human rights activists and civil society who filed against Google Inc. and Google Korea demanding disclosure of information (whether it provided their data to a third party).
