3. Highlights of Opinions2) A. Opinion on the House Steering Committee's Review (draft) of the Act on the Support for Human Rights Education The NHRCK presented its opinion about the Bill for the Act on the Support for Human Rights Education to the Chairperson of the National Assembly. The opinion called for i) expanding the breadth of those who participate in mandatory human rights education (to include students at schools of various grades and years and those in the custody of protective or correctional facilities in addition to public officials or employees of public institutions), and ii) expanding the scope of the investigations made into human rights education (January 31, 2012) B. Opinion on the Country Report Regarding the Second Cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) The NHRCK submitted a report that reviewed the performance of the Korean government in implementing the recommendations issued by the UNHRC under the first cycle of the UPR (March 12, 2012), as Korea will be under the second cycle of the comprehensive review process. The report, which is independent of the country report, revisited the recommendations of the first cycle and mentioned the outcomes, limitations and problems identified during the last four years concerning the implementation of the recommendations. Besides issues related to the UPR recommendations, the report contains comments on current major human rights issues and emerging issues in Korea. C. Opinion on the Bill for the Enforcement Regulations on the Welfare and Support for Independence of Homeless 2) For detailed opinions, see respective chapter-section: North Korean human rights (1-4); human rights in business practices (1-4); and information and communications technologies and human rights (1-4). 56 Part II. Major Activities of the Commission