on human rights and the environment; the prevention of such negative impacts; and the operation of complaint procedures and monitoring mechanisms. The Government needs to take active action in this regard, considering that human rights due diligence in private companies’ supply chains has been legislated and carried out in other countries such as France, Germany, and the EU. 19. It is also necessary to strengthen the judicial and non-judicial mechanisms for addressing corporate human rights violations so that local victims of human rights abuses by Korean business enterprises operating abroad can obtain appropriate remedies for their damage. Furthermore, the Korean National Contact Point for OECD needs to be engaged more actively in resolving disputes over multinational enterprises’ human rights violations.17 20. Proposed recommendation: The State party should endeavor to enact the Act on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Supply Chains to obligate public organizations, public enterprises, and private companies to carry out such due diligence in their supply chains.18 The State party should also reinforce remedial measures for victims of human rights violations by overseas corporate activities so that they can access immediate and effective remedies.19 Issue 5. Non-discrimination 21. The 3rd NAP (2018-2022) included a policy task of “pushing for the legislation of a framework act to minimize legislative gaps in prohibiting discrimination and provide effective remedies for discrimination” as a basic planned task. However, the Government has not yet pushed ahead with the enactment of the anti-discrimination act. In the 4th cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for the Republic of Korea in January 2023, a number of UN member States recommended Korea to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation. However, the Government did not accept this recommendation on the grounds that it is difficult to implement it immediately. 22. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission Act, the enabling law of the NHRCK, defines the act of discrimination as a violation of the right to equality and gives the NHRCK authority to investigate discrimination and recommend remedies. The NHRCK investigates more than 2,000 discrimination complaints annually. 23. There are individual statutes governing discrimination based on disability, gender identity, age or employment type in Korea.20 However, the absence of comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation makes it difficult to protect a variety of victims of discrimination and deal with cases of discriminatory harassment. Recognizing this problem, the NHRCK proposed a draft of the Equality and Anti-discrimination Act to the National Assembly in 6