Introduction National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 Seoul, Busan, and Gwangju), and operated monitoring teams in six regions (including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan). Regarding the forced hospitalization provision under Article 24 of the Mental Health Act, the Commission took part in an open hearing of the Constitutional Court to give testimonies about the unconstitutional nature of the law. This was an effort to enhance the human rights conditions of people with a psychiatric disability. Enhancing the rights of women The Commission worked to find ways to improve the discriminatory work environment against women by conducting a survey, which showed that 70.3 percent of very short-time workers are women. It also made policy recommendations to promote the rights of women public health workers and emotional labour workers. Efforts were also made to prevent sexual harassment, including policy recommendations to prevent secondary damage from sexual harassment, production and distribution of a video educational material about judicial precedents, and production and distribution of a sexual harassment prevention guide for care workers. The Commission also urged public awareness of human rights issues by reviewing and studying ways to regulate hate speech, and issuing a Chairperson’s statement on hate crimes against the socially vulnerable. Enhancing the rights of immigrants The Commission dedicated efforts to implementation of international human rights standards in Korea. It expressed its opinion regarding the 17th, 18th, and 19th State Party's reports for the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, recommended improvement of the health examination required of foreign language instructors with an E-2 visa, and establishment of domestic procedures for follow-ups for individual communications under the human rights treaties. The Commission was also actively involved in identifying possible legal and institutional improvements for the rights of immigrants. It recommended the use of Indicators for Identification and Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking, introduction of refugee status 12