[Title Page]
Foreword / Choi Young-ae
Notes
Abbreviations
Contents
01. Introduction 14
Chapter 1. About the National Human Rights Commission of Korea 16
Chapter 2. Domestic and International Environment 21
Chapter 3. Basic Directions and Major Achievements 22
Chapter 4. Assessment and Challenges 45
02. Key NHRCK Activities 52
Chapter 1. Improvement of Human Rights-related Statues, Institutions, Policies, and Practices 54
Section 1. Overview 54
Section 2. Policy Recommendations and Opinions 55
Section 3. Surveys and Studies of Human Rights Conditions 65
Section 4. Special Program: Combating Spread of Hate Speech 67
Section 5. Legal and Institutional Efforts to Ensure Equality and Counter Discrimination 71
Section 6. Activities to Promote Human Rights and Improve Conditions in Sports 74
Section 7. Assessment 81
Chapter 2. Investigations and Remedies of Human Rights Violations and Discrimination 87
Section 1. Overview 87
Section 2. Human Rights Counseling and Petitions 90
Section 3. Preliminary Investigations and Mediation 94
Section 4. Investigations and Remedies of Human Rights Violations and Discrimination 96
Section 5. Investigations and Remedies: Discrimination 110
Section 6. Administrative Appeal 126
Section 7. Assessment 127
Chapter 3. Human Rights Education and Promotional Activities to Foster Respect for Human Rights 132
Section 1. Overview 132
Section 2. Major Achievements 134
Section 3. Assessment 145
Chapter 4. Domestic and International Exchanges and Cooperation 148
Section 1. Overview 148
Section 2. Major Achievements 150
Section 3. Assessment 157
Chapter 5. Regional Human Rights Offices 159
Section 1. Overview 159
Section 2. Major Activities 160
Section 3. Assessment 164
03. Appendices 170
1. Commissioners and Senior Executive Officers 172
2. 2020 Business Roadmap 178
Copyright 179
[Back Cover] 180
[Table 1-1-1] Maximum Number of Commission Personnel 19
[Table 2-1-1] Status of Recommendations and Opinions on Related Laws and Policies 55
[Table 2-2-1] Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries in the Last Five Years 90
[Table 2-2-2] Counseling Requests in the Last Five Years by Type 91
[Table 2-2-3] Petitions Filed Requests in the Last Five Years by Type 92
[Table 2-2-4] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 93
[Table 2-2-5] Civil Complaints and Inquiries Processed in the Last Five Years by Channel 93
[Table 2-2-6] Number of Petitions Assigned to and Closed by Preliminary Investigation 95
[Table 2-2-7] Mediation Cases Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 95
[Table 2-2-8] Human Rights Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Institution 96
[Table 2-2-9] Human Rights Violation Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 98
[Table 2-2-10] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Area 111
[Table 2-2-11] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Reason 112
[Table 2-2-12] Discrimination Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 114
[Table 2-2-13] Administrative Appeals Processed 126
[Table 2-3-1] Implementation Status of Human Rights Education in the Last Five Years 139
[Table 2-5-1] Location and Jurisdiction of Regional Human Rights Offices 159
[Table 2-5-2] Number of Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries Submitted by Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 160
[Table 2-5-3] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed by Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 161
[Table 2-5-4] Number of Petitions Processed at Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 162
[Table 2-5-5] Human Rights Education Conducted by Human Rights Offices in 2020 164