Commission's Major Activities National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 PR activities Parallel with human rights education, the Commission was actively engaged in promotional activities to raise the public’s human rights sensibility and awareness. For example, it disclosed a total of 170 press releases on its policy recommendations, investigation results, programmes and activities, and major issues, and posted them on its webpage to inform the public. It also responded to over 700 requests for interviews with the press and provided the media with materials, ensuring that its views and programmes would be effectively disseminated to the public. The Commission also held the 5th Human Rights Award Ceremony in 2016, making it an annual event. On the 68th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on its own 15th anniversary, it designated the period from 25 November, the date the Commission was established, to 10 December, the date of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Human Rights Week. During this period, the Commission ran radio ads, operated a PR booth in Myeongdong, and held events to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while promoting its activities online, distributing printouts, and showing videos. The Human Rights Essay Contest was also held, this time inviting essays, webtoons, and advertisement proposals (theses were not accepted). On the occasion of the 14th year of human rights film production, the Commission aired the movie Fourth Place, a sports-related film focusing on human rights, and an omnibus film If You Were Me to support the distribution of human rights films. 76