UPR Sexual Rights Database

National Report:
Para 55) The Government amended the Criminal Act to newly stipulate the crime of human trafficking in order to ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The amended Criminal Act expanded the purpose of kidnapping and abduction, along with the previously stipulated purpose of “engaging in an indecent act, sexual intercourse or marriage, or for gain” and “transportation of a person out of the Republic of Korea”, to include the purpose of “labour exploitation, sex trafficking, or the acquisition of organs”. The consequentially aggravated crimes of human trafficking were also more specified into bodily injury and murder and death, in line with the principle of liability. A person who recruits, transfers, or delivers another with the intent to commit human trafficking has become principal rather than accessory under the amended Criminal Act, as such acts are defined as distinct acts of crimes. The provision of universal jurisdiction has been introduced so as to punish foreign nationals in the territory of the Republic of Korea, who have committed the same crime outside the Republic of Korea. The Government presented the bill for the consent of the ratification of the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons, which passed National Assembly in 2015 and the instrument of ratification was deposited with the

National Report:
Para 91) As concerns recommendations 14-17, regarding the respect for each child's right to identity, the national legislation states clearly obligations and attributions for each local authority as well as procedures to be followed in case of a child is not registered immediately after birth.

Para 92) For the registration of Romanian citizens of Roma minority, the public community local services for person's record acted either on the basis of projects approved at county level, or by implementing PHARE projects, of which we give some examples: the Alba county implemented the project "I have documents, therefore I exist", providing assistance for the Romanian citizens from the Roma ethnic community in order to their legal registration; county and local authorities from the Bacau county in cooperation with Onesti subsidiary of the NGO Roma Party - Pro Europe took some measures for counseling regarding the need and legal obligation to obtain and keep the civil status certificates and the identity documents. Also they were involved in the project called "And we integrate" toimprove the situation of Roma persons; In the county of Brasov a Partnership Agreement between the Brasov Association for Community Partnership and the Directorate for Persons Record of Brasov county was signed, in order to implement the project "I am a citizen, I have rights", with the financial support of Open Society Institute- Budapest; the project ""Kon Shem Me"", Ruhama in partnership with Social Administration from Council of Oradea, facilitated obtaining civil status, property and identity documents for the Roma persons; in the county of Galati was carried out the project ""They also are citizens of Galati County"", financed by European funds, in partnership with the Galati Roma Alliance."

UN Compilation:
Para 39) CRC was concerned at the extent of non-registration of births, which disproportionally affected Roma children, street children, new born children abandoned in hospitals and children born in the home and other settings. It was also concerned at the unduly long procedure of late registration of births. Furthermore, It noted the rise in the number of undocumented children.

Stakeholder Summary:
Para 31) SC-R stated that thousands of children are not registered at birth.