E/C.12/KOR/CO/4
(b)
Monitor the impact of measures taken on the extent to which cultural
diversity is embraced.
67.
The Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 21 (2009) on
the right of everyone to take part in cultural life.
D.
Other recommendations
68.
The Committee encourages the State party to provide additional and more
detailed information in its next periodic report with respect to the measures in place
to ensure the right of everyone to benefit from scientific progress and its practical
application, in line with article 15, paragraph 1 (b), of the Covenant.
69.
The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
70.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
71.
The Committee recommends that the State party take fully into account its
obligations under the Covenant and ensure the full enjoyment of the rights enshrined
therein in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the
national level. Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals would be
significantly facilitated by the State party establishing independent mechanisms to
monitor progress and treating beneficiaries of public programmes as rights holders
who can claim entitlements. Implementing the Goals on the basis of the principles of
non-discrimination, participation and accountability would ensure that no one is left
behind.
72.
The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to progressively
develop and apply appropriate indicators on the implementation of economic, social
and cultural rights, in order to facilitate the assessment of progress achieved by the
State party in complying with its obligations under the Covenant for various segments
of the population. In that context, the Committee refers the State party to, inter alia,
the conceptual and methodological framework on human rights indicators developed
by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(HRI/MC/2008/3).
73.
The Committee requests that the State party disseminate the present
concluding observations widely at all levels of society, particularly among
parliamentarians, public officials and judicial authorities, and that it inform the
Committee in its next periodic report about the steps taken to implement them. The
Committee encourages the State party to engage with the National Human Rights
Commission of Korea, non-governmental organizations and other members of civil
society in the follow-up to the present concluding observations and in the process of
consultation at the national level prior to the submission of its next periodic report.
74.
In accordance with the procedure on follow-up to concluding observations
adopted by the Committee, the State party is requested to provide, within 18 months
of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on the
implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee in paragraphs 18 (a)
(business and human rights), 23 (non-discrimination legislation) and 41 (trade union
rights) above.
75.
The Committee requests the State party to submit its fifth periodic report, to be
prepared in accordance with the reporting guidelines adopted by the Committee in
2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 31 October 2022. In addition, it invites the State party to
update its common core document, as necessary, in accordance with the harmonized
guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties
(HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I).
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