Annual Report 2013 The year 2013 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Principles by the United Nations, and the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The year also witnessed the full swing of the implementation of the Three-Year Plan for the Promotion of Human Rights(2012~2014). The NHRCK has tried its best to live up to the roles and responsibilities expected of the national human rights institution. They include a role of medium for the introduction of the international human rights standards, a role to play for the proposal of new social human rights agenda including corporate human rights management, among others. Further, the NHRCK, as an institution of policy recommendation and human rights remedy, has kept standing firm in promoting universal human rights whenever our people face human rights problems, small or serious, in daily lives: human rights problems of the social vulnerable such as children, women, the aged, and immigrants; labor human rights problems of casual workers; discriminatory practices in employment and other areas. 1. The Domestic and Foreign Environment in 2013 The National Human Rights Commission Act, revised on March 21, 2012, newly designated more than 6,700 entities, which include private schools and entities related with the government, as the subjects of investigation by the NHRCK in case of human rights violations by such entities. As such, the NHRCK is now responsible for the investigation and remedy for the human rights violations by the new additions, and the central and local/provincial governments and autonomous bodies, or 4 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction