www.humanrights.go.kr application system, and improved operation of departure waiting rooms at ports of entry and departure. It also monitored the right to development of immigrant children outside the school, sector, held discussions on ways to improve the conditions faced by immigrant workers in the Part I surveyed the human rights conditions faced by women immigrant workers in the manufacturing construction sector, and conducted case studies of refugee policies in advanced countries. The Commission carried out on-site visits of military confinement facilities, detention facilities, foreigner shelters, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities for the homeless, and children welfare facilities to prevent human rights violations. It also conducted ex officio investigations of housing facilities for persons with mental disabilities and severe disabilities, mental health facilities, and children welfare facilities to help people who have difficulties voicing their rights. It also highlighted the issues of a government public order policy, which may trigger more social abhorrence and prejudice against schizophrenia or other mental diseases, and issued statements to raise public awareness of cases involving forced slavery of mentally disabled persons. Meanwhile, the Commission organized visiting human rights consultations for immigrants, people living with Hansen's disease (Sorokdo Island), persons with disabilities, and the older persons, and in areas where the Commission has difficulty in reaching out. 3) Promoting the values of human rights across society Human rights education As part of a preliminary survey to establish the Human Rights Training Institute, the Commission reviewed educational institutions run by the government as well as the status of legislation on mandatory human rights education. It also commissioned basic planning and research for the establishment of the Human Rights Training Institute. The Commission made policy recommendations for more human rights professional training at welfare facilities for the elderly and programmes in support of persons with disabilities, while 13 Introduction Ensuring relief for those in blind spots