Population Survey" by Statistics Korea, which revealed that the labor rights of teenage
workers was most exploited. Upon its analysis, it raised the social issue of the rights of
teenage workers and made recommendations to the Ministry of Employment and Labor to
introduce laws and policies on the labor rights of teenagers, such as minimum wages for
youth.
Promoting the Rights of Migrants in a Multicultural Society
As Korea is transforming into a multi-cultural society with an influx of migrants, the
Commission declared "promoting the rights of migrants in multicultural society" as a
strategic objective, aiming to respond effectively to the human rights challenges of
migrants occurring in various forms and to build a solid foundation for a multicultural
society. The specific objectives of the Commission were reinforcing pro-human rights
multicultural policies, protecting the rights of migrant workers, promoting the rights of
marriage migrants, and ensuring the rights of children from multi-cultural families.
In order to formulate guidelines on the rights of migrants, the Commission organized an
advisory meeting consisting of experts from academia and civil society and had in-depth
discussions on the direction of the guidelines. It plans to finalize the guidelines in 2011.
The Commission made diverse efforts to promote human rights in the evolving
multicultural society in various ways. It hosted an international conference on
multicultural society as an follow-up to the Seoul Guidelines, as well as the Seoul
International Conference against Human Trafficking of Migrant Women. It also
conducted field investigations to protect the rights of undocumented migrant workers,
while consolidating cooperation regarding migrants' issues by concluding MOUs with
national human rights institutions of Nepal and the Philippines. It also reviewed laws and
regulations regarding the rights of migrants as well as controversial domestic issues
surrounding the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families. The Commission also visited 22 households
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