National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea in universities and for protecting the victims of such violence. The Commission also took stock of the status of sexual harassment in the course of medical services to lay a foundation for proposing the guidelines for the protection of sexual self-determination of patients and the prevention of sexual harassment. As for the protection and promotion of the human rights of minority groups, the NHRCK published the Guidebook on the Prevention of Medical History Discrimination in order to spread a correct understanding of and prevent discrimination against HIV/AIDS, whose horror often stems from ignorance and prejudice, and infection causes of hepatitis B. Some local/provincial governments refused to hang a placard advocating the right of equality of sexual minority groups. In response, the Commission extended a recommendation for the prevention of recurrence, thereby contributing to the promotion of human rights. As for the establishment of discrimination criteria, the NHRCK launched a two-year project for the revision of the discrimination criteria which would reflect the changes in domestic and foreign legislation related to discrimination, and the related decisions of the Commission. 2. Special and Featured Projects A. Improving North Korean Human Rights Concern over the human rights conditions in North Korea has heightened in both Korea and the world. The United Nations and the Introduction ▪▪▪ 17