[Title Page] 1
Foreword / Song, Doo-hwan 5
Notes 7
Abbreviations 8
Contents 9
01. Introduction 16
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 23
02. Key NHRCK Activities 48
Chapter 1. Improvement of Human Rights-related Statutes, Institutions, Policies, and Practices 48
Section 1. Overview 48
Section 2. Policy Recommendations and Opinions 49
Section 3. Surveys and Studies of Human Rights Conditions 78
Section 4. Activities to Promote and Improve Human Rights in Sports 90
Chapter 2. Investigations and Remedies of Human Rights Violations and Discrimination 99
Section 1. Overview 99
Section 2. Human Rights Counseling and Petitions 104
Section 3. Preliminary Investigations and Mediation 108
Section 4. Investigations and Remedies of Human Rights Violations and Discrimination 110
Section 5. Investigations and Remedies: Discrimination 125
Section 6. Administrative Appeal 137
Chapter 3. Human Rights Education and Promotional Activities to Foster Respect for Human Rights 139
Section 1. Overview 139
Section 2. Major Achievements 142
Chapter 4. Domestic and International Exchanges and Cooperation 154
Section 1. Overview 154
Section 2. Major Achievements 156
Chapter 5. Regional Human Rights Offices 164
Section 1. Overview 164
Section 2. Major Activities 165
03. Appendices 170
1. Commissioners and Senior Executive Officers(as of December 31, 2021) 172
2. 2021 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 over the Last Five Years 49
[Table 2-1-2] Status of Recommendations and Opinions Expressed by Institutions 51
[Table 2-1-3] List of Surveys and Commissioned Studies 78
[Table 2-2-1] Receipt, Process, and Status of Recommendations in the Last Five Years 101
[Table 2-2-2] Acceptance of Petition-related Recommendations by Institution in 2021 102
[Table 2-2-3] Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries in the Last Five Years 104
[Table 2-2-4] Counseling Requests in the Last Five Years by Type 105
[Table 2-2-5] Petitions Filed Requests in the Last Five Years by Type 106
[Table 2-2-6] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 107
[Table 2-2-7] Civil Complaints and Inquiries Processed in the Last Five Years by Channel 108
[Table 2-2-8] Number of Petitions Assigned to and Closed by Preliminary Investigation 109
[Table 2-2-9] Mediation Cases Submitted and Processed in the Last Five Years 110
[Table 2-2-10] Human Rights Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Institution 111
[Table 2-2-11] Human Rights Violation Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 112
[Table 2-2-12] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Area 126
[Table 2-2-13] Discrimination Petitions Submitted in the Last Five Years by Reason 127
[Table 2-2-14] Discrimination Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years 129
[Table 2-2-15] Administrative Appeals Processed 138
[Table 2-3-1] Implementation Status of Human Rights Education in the Last Five Years 147
[Table 2-5-1] Location and Jurisdiction of Regional Human Rights Offices 164
[Table 2-5-2] Number of Petitions, Counseling Requests, and Complaints and Inquiries Submitted... 165
[Table 2-5-3] Face-to-Face Petitions Submitted and Processed... 166
[Table 2-5-4] Number of Petitions Processed at Regional Human Rights Offices in the Last Two Years 168
[Table 2-5-5] Human Rights Education Conducted by Human Rights Offices in 2021 169