[Title Page]
Foreword by the Chairperson / Choi Young-ae
Notes
Abbreviations
Contents
01. Introduction 14
Chapter 1. About the Commission 14
Chapter 2. Domestic and International Environment 25
Chapter 3. Basic Directions and Major Achievements of 2018 26
Chapter 4. Assessment and Challenges 42
02. Commission's Major Activities 50
Chapter 1. Improvement of Human Rights-Related Statutes, Institutions, Policies, and Practices 50
Section 1. Overview 50
Section 2. Policy Recommendations and Opinions 51
Section 3. Surveys on Human Rights Conditions and Human Rights Advocacy 68
Section 4. Special Program: Actively Responding to the Spread of Hate Speech 85
Section 5. Assessment 89
Chapter 2. Investigations of and Remedies for Human Rights Violations and Discriminations 91
Section 1. Overview 91
Section 2. Investigations and Remedies: Human Rights Violations 95
Section 3. Investigations and Remedies: Discriminatory Acts 113
Section 4. Human Rights Counseling and Petitions 129
Section 5. Preliminary Investigations and Mediation 133
Section 6. Assessment 135
Chapter 3. Human Rights Education and Promotional Activities for Public Awareness 140
Section 1. Overview 140
Section 2. Major Achievements 143
Section 3. Assessment 160
Chapter 4. Domestic and International Exchanges and Cooperation 163
Section 1. Overview 163
Section 2. Major Achievements 165
Section 3. Assessment 172
Chapter 5. Regional Human Rights Offices 174
Section 1. Overview 174
Section 2. Major Activities 175
Section 3. Assessment 179
Appendices 182
1. Commissioners and Senior Executive Officers 184
2. 2018 Business Roadmap 190
Copyright 191
[Back Cover] 192
[Table 1-1-1] Subcommittees and Their Areas of Responsibility 22
[Table 1-1-2] Maximum Number of Commission Personnel 24
[Table 2-1-1] Status of Recommendations and Opinions on Related Laws and Policies 51
[Table 2-2-1] Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 94
[Table 2-2-2] Human Rights Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Institution 95
[Table 2-2-3] Human Rights Violation Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 97
[Table 2-2-4] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Area 114
[Table 2-2-5] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Reason 115
[Table 2-2-6] Discrimination Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 116
[Table 2-2-7] Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries in the Last Five Years 129
[Table 2-2-8] Counseling Requests in the Last Five Years by Type 130
[Table 2-2-9] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 131
[Table 2-2-10] Civil Complaints and Inquiries Processed in the Last Five Years by Channel 132
[Table 2-2-11] Number of Petitions Assigned to and Closed by Preliminary Investigation 133
[Table 2-2-12] Mediation Cases Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 134
[Table 2-3-1] Implementation Status of Human Rights Education in the Last Five Years 151
[Table 2-3-2] Use of the Human Rights Library 154
[Table 2-5-1] Location and Jurisdiction of Regional Human Rights Offices 174
[Table 2-5-2] Number of Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries Submitted by Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 175
[Table 2-5-3] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed by Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 176
[Table 2-5-4] Number of Petitions Processed at Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 177
[Table 2-5-5] Human Rights Education Conducted by Regional Human Rights Offices in 2018 178