www.humanrights.go.kr
D. Invitation of NHRIs to Korea
The Commission conducted the 2016 Partnership Programme for Human Rights Defenders
for NHRIs from 16 May to 20, 2016. Through this annual programme, the Commission invited
staff of NHRIs affiliated to the GANHRI or the APF. The programme is designed to present and
share the Commission’s activities and best cases, build a network for continuous cooperation
and information sharing among NHRIs so that they can respond to regional and international
human rights issues with one voice, and strengthen the Commission's status in the international
community.
In the 2016 programme, the Commission invited six persons from five countries—one policy
Malaysian NHRI, one from the Mongolian NHRI, and one from the Philippine NHRI. Lectures
newly emerging international topics. The workshops provided an opportunity for participants
to present their NHRI activities and tasks, and discuss various topics. The programme enabled
capacity-building for the participants and was a great opportunity for them to establish networks
with NHRIs not just in the Asian Pacific region but also in other parts of the world.
3. Commission's hosting of international conferences
The Commission hosted the ASEM Expert Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons from
15 June to 16, 2016. The expert forum was attended by ministers, vice ministers, assistant
secretaries, and Ambassadors from ASEM member states, as well as experts from international
organizations, NHRIs, and domestic and international NGOs. A total of 266 representatives from
36 countries held in-depth discussions about ways to promote human rights of older persons.
The topics included activities of related international organizations for eradication of
poverty and promotion of right to health of older persons, implementation status of the Madrid
International Plan for Action on Ageing (MIPAA)11) and way ahead, exemplary policies and
11)The United Nations announced the Madrid International Plan for Action on Ageing (MIPAA) at the Second World
Assembly on Ageing in April 2002 in Madrid, Spain. The plan offers a bold new agenda to be shared by the international
community for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st century.
95
Commission's Major Activities
were given on topics of “business and human rights” and “information human rights,” which are
Part II
adviser from the German NHRI, two staff members from the Indonesian NHRI, one from the