survey on human rights conditions of workers under indirect employment arrangements and to seek improvement measures. We also proactively responded to pending labor rights issues. Regarding the sit-in protest atop a high-rise structure staged by the workers of Company A since November 2017, we worked hard to arbitrate between management and labor and facilitate the resolution of the dispute through face-to-face talks and discussions with representatives of management and labor and relevant government agencies. As for the death of a subcontract worker at Taean Thermal Power Plant on December 11, 2018, we issued the Chairperson's statement on December 16 strongly urging the government and National Assembly to accurately identify the actual conditions of the outsourcing of hazardous jobs and to quickly come up with legal and institutional frameworks to protect subcontract workers. On December 26, the Chairperson visited the mortuary of the deceased, consoled the bereaved family, and closely listened to the opinions of the family and civil society about the government's investigation and the amendment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Chairperson then inspected the accident site (Units 9 and 10) as well as Units 1 through 8 in operation and compiled the various challenges faced by subcontract workers through meeting with them. Guaranteeing the Right to Education without Discrimination Our effort to guarantee the right to education of children outside of school continued. We conducted research on the human rights conditions of students at unaccredited alternative schools and recommended the rectification of inappropriate academic guidance targeting children at childcare institutions to help such children apply to the schools of their choice. In addition, we successfully identified the drawbacks and improvement points of educational policies and systems for students with severe and multiple disabilities through the Factual Survey to Promote the Right to Education of Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities. Reinforcing Access to Healthcare Services for the Socially Vulnerable We recommended institutional improvements for the promotion of the right to health of former coal workers suffering from CWP (coal workers' pneumoconiosis). Based on our 16 Introduction

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