National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea weapons by maritime police officers which has a serious bearing on the life of an individual. This way, the NHRCK has carefully monitored the enactment and revision of statutes which might have influenced people's rights to life and freedom. The interest of the NHRCK further reached the strengthening of the right of life of individuals, especially the socially vulnerable groups. For this purpose, the NHRCK recommended the Minister of Health and Welfare and other related agencies that the Act for the Prevention of Suicide and the Creation of Culture of Respect for Life should be duly revised. Furthermore, the NHRCK formed and operated the Labor and Human Rights Policy Planning Group to expand and promote the social right of people. The Group identified important issues of labor and human rights and intensively reviewed policy improvement alternatives. Further efforts resulted in the survey on the status of labor human rights violations by ICT devices; recommendations for the institutional improvement for the protection of laid-off people; recommendations for policy improvement to promote the rate of minimum wage compliance; recommendations for policy improvement to promote the treatment of school non-regular workers; and policy recommendations for the promotion of public childcare and childcare workplace environment. All these efforts are what the NHRCK has focused on to strengthen the protection of social rights including the right of labor. In the area of strengthening the implementation of international human rights standards in Korea, the NHRCK gained a better understanding of the international human rights system by systemically Introduction ▪▪▪ 9