Annual Report 2013 analyzing international human rights systems including the UPR (Universal Periodic Review), human rights treaty bodies, European human rights system, and American human rights system. In addition, for the foundation for domestic implementation of the international human rights standards, a research was conducted on the operations and achievements of 69 national human rights institutions around the world. In the area of developing the human rights index, the NHRCK contracted out a research work as a second year business of the three-year national human rights index development project. The research work focused on the selection of indicators for the development of national human rights index. B. Improving Human Rights Protection for the Socially Vulnerable In order to promote the human rights of migrant workers by making recommendations to the related authorities for institutional improvement, the NHRCK examined the human rights practices of migrant workers in 2013 (Examination of the Human Rights Practices of Migrant Workers in the Agriculture and Stockbreeding Industries). With the complaints on the forced repatriation order to foreign minority children, the NHRCK recommended the Ministry of Justice to take necessary action to prevent recurrence of such unjust orders, which led to desirable policy changes. The achievements of the NHRCK also include: its policy recommendations for those people who reside in Korea for humanitarian reasons and their families to have access to the 10 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction