Corée du Sud

Declaration made upon ratification:

Pursuant to Articles 10 and 70 of this Agreement, the Republic of Korea makes an exception that the application of the provisions of the Agreement does not extend to the utilization of marine genetic resources and digital sequence information on marine genetic resources of areas beyond national jurisdiction collected or generated before the entry into force of the Agreement for the Republic of Korea.

Reservation:
..., in accordance with article 10 of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network, it does not accept the provisions of the article 13 relating to conciliation procedures of the said Agreement.

Declaration:
"The Republic of Korea, in accordance with Article 23 of the Agreement, declares that persons referred to in Article 15, 16, 18, 19 and 21 who are Korean nationals or permanent residents of Korea shall, in the Korean territory, enjoy only the privileges and immunities to the extent necessary for the independent performance of his/her functions, or his/her appearance or testimony before the Court as laid down in Article 23 paragraph (a), and persons referred to in Article 20 and 22 who are Korean nationals or permanent residents of Korea shall, in the Korean territory, enjoy only the privileges and immunities to the extent necessary for his/her appearance before the Court as laid down in Article 23 paragraph (b)."

Declaration:
The Republic of Korea, in accordance with Article 25, paragraph 4 of the Convention, declares that, with respect to the Republic of Korea, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.

Declaration:
The Government of the Republic of Korea understands that Article 3(1)(a)(ii) of the aforementioned Protocol is applicable only to States Parties to the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, done at The Hague on 29 May 1993.

Declaration:
"In accordance with paragraph 2, Article 3 of the aforementioned Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Korea declares that the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into the Korean national armed forces is 18 years."

Reservations:
The Republic of Korea considers itself not bound by the provisions of paragraph (a) of article 21 and sub-paragraph (b) (v) of paragraph 2 of article 40.

18 April 2006

Declaration pursuant to Article 298:
"1. In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 298 of the Convention, the Republic of Korea does not accept any of the procedures provided for in section 2 of Part XV of the Convention with respect to all the categories of disputes referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Article 298 of the Convention.
2. The present declaration shall be effective immediately.
3. Nothing in the present declaration shall affect the right of the Republic of Korea to submit a request to a court or tribunal referred to in Article 287 of the Convention to be permitted to intervene in the proceedings of any dispute between other States Parties, should it consider that it has an interest of a legal nature which may be affected by the decision in that dispute."

Upon signature:

Reservation:
"1. The Government of the Republic of Korea does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979.
"2. Bearing in mind the fundamental principles as embodied in the said Convention, the Government of the Republic of Korea has recently established the Korea Women's welfare and social activities. A committee under the chairmanship of the prime minister will shortly be set up to consider and coordinate overall policies on women.
"3. The Government of the Republic of Korea will make continued efforts to take further measures in line with the provisions stipulated in the Convention."
Upon ratification:

Reservation:
"The Government of the Republic of Korea, having examined the said Convention, hereby ratifies the Convention considering itself not bound by the provisions of [...] sub-paragraph [...] (g) of paragraph 1 of Article 16 of the Convention."

"It is the understanding of the Government of the Republic of Korea that any technique for deliberately changing the natural state of rivers falls within the meaning of the term 'environmental modification techniques' as defined in article II of the Convention.
"It is further understood that military or any other hostile use of such techniques, which could cause flooding, inundation, reduction in the water-level, drying up, destruction of hydrotechnical installations or other harmful consequences, comes within the scope of the Convention, provided it meets the criteria set out in article I therefore."

Reservation:

The Government of the Republic of Korea [declares] that the provisions of [...], article 22 [...] of the Covenant shall be so applied as to be in conformity with the provisions of the local laws including the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.

5 March 1997

"The Government of the Republic of Korea recognizes the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Korea claiming to be victims of a violation by the Republic of Korea of any of the rights set forth in the said Convention."

"The Republic of Korea retains for itself and its political subdivisions the right to tax salaries and emoluments paid by the Bank to its nationals."

Upon accession

Declarations:

“In accordance with Article 5(3) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, the Republic of Korea will not apply the criterion of publication.
In accordance with Article 6(2) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, the Republic of Korea will protect broadcasts only if the headquarters of the broadcasting organization are situated in another Contracting State and the broadcast was transmitted from a transmitter situated in the same Contracting
State.
In accordance with Article 16(1)(a)(ii) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, the Republic of Korea will apply the provisions of Article 12 only in respect of the uses of phonograms published for commercial purposes for broadcasting or transmission by wire. Transmission by wire does not include transmission
over the Internet.
In accordance with Article 16(1)(a)(iii) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, the Republic of Korea will not apply the provisions of Article 12 in respect of phonograms the producer of which is not a national of a Contracting State.
In accordance with Article 16(1)(a)(iv) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, as regards phonograms the producer of which is a national of another Contracting State, the Republic of Korea will limit the protection provided for by Article 12 to the extent to which, and to the term for which, that other Contracting State grants protection to the phonograms first fixed by a national of the Republic of Korea.
In accordance with Article 16(1)(b) of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, the Republic of Korea will not, as regards Article 13, apply item (d) of that Article.”

"By virtue of paragraph 3 of article I of the present Convention, the Government of the Republic of Korea declares that it will apply the Convention to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made only in the territory of another Contracting State. It further declares that it will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, which are considered as commercial under its national law."

Declaration:
In accordance with article 1, paragraph 5 of the Agreement, the Republic of Korea declares that it does not consider itself bound by any of the Regulations annexed to the Agreement.
Reservation:
In accordance with article 11, paragraph 1 of the Agreement, the Republic of Korea declares that it does not consider itself bound by article 10 of the Agreement.