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main points from the perspective of public law: the status of various
human rights violations during the process of business management,
and policy recommendations to spread corporate respect of human
rights.
The Commission co-hosted the third meeting on November 26, 2013
with the Global Social Responsibility Center of Ewha Woman's University.
Three domestic companies took part in the meeting and delivered their
presentations on their practices of corporate respect of human rights. The
meeting also discussed the measures to prevent human rights violations
by Korean foreign direct investment firms, and judicial and non-judicial
remedial actions, and institutional improvement measures.
4) Publication of a Report on Business and Human Rights
The NHRCK published the Report on Business and Human Rights
in March 2013. The publication contains national policy proposals to
achieve the following objectives: preventing various human rights
violations taking place during business activities; inducing business
enterprises to voluntarily respect the value of human rights; enhancing
the awareness of corporate respect for human rights by the business
enterprises; and encouraging implementation and spreading the practice
of business and human rights.
In May 2011, a working group of business and human rights experts
was formed to make the report. For the publication of the report, it
studied international standards on business and human rights, foreign
cases, domestic policies; visited business enterprises for interviewing
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II. Major Activities of the Commission