that may infringe students’ rights, in an effort to build foundation for human rights-friendly school education and culture and to advance rights of students. The Commission conducted a survey on elementary and secondary education curriculum and human rights education to identify progress and current status of human rights education at school, expecting the result to be an important basis in setting the future direction of human rights education at school. It worked actively and jointly with competent authorities to advance students’ rights by supporting local education authorities for their formulation of the Human Rights Ordinance for Students and gathering opinions on the Charter of Rights to Education. It also recommended to avoid producing and broadcasting videos featuring children waiting to be adopted with an aim to advance rights of children and youth and promote human rights-oriented culture, and offered in-depth human rights education courses to teachers of regional childcare centers jointly with the Korean Association of Community Child Center, contributing to raising awareness on children’s rights. Following the Policy Recommendation on Protecting and Advancing Rights of Student Athletes in 2007 and the Sports Human Rights Guidelines in 2010, the Commission organized on-site briefings and hearings in 2011 to facilitate acceptance and implementation of the guidelines in the sport community and contributed to protecting and advancing sports in the field of sports as well. The Commission participated in working group meetings and presented its opinions rd rd including Information Note on its review of the 3 and 4 government reports submitted to the working group prior to regular sessions of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. It also provided a separate set of documents prior to deliberation to help reaching a final conclusion on advancing children’s rights in Korea. The activities of the Commission have been incorporated in the final conclusion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, contributing to taking the level of compliance with international human rights standards in Korea to the next level. 24 Part I. Introduction