Chapter Part 1 | Introduction 01 Introduction 1 About the Commission 1. Establishment The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) is an independent national institution dedicated to human rights issues and established to uphold people's rights to human dignity and respect and contribute to the reinforcement of the foundation of democracy by protecting and promoting individual's inherent, inviolable human rights. Discussions Abroad The United Nations laid out its Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles) at a time when newly democratized nations were beginning to establish national human rights institutions in the late 1980s. The Paris Principles were established at the 1st International Workshop on National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held in Paris in 1991 and were adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations General Assembly in 1992 and 1993, respectively. They are the key international standards defining the authorities and responsibilities, independence and diversity, operating systems, and quasijudicial authorities of national human rights institutions. In line with such international efforts, nations began to plan their own effective national National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2018 03