National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 15 to protect the rights of people with disabilities, the elderly, and children at the regional level. However, many of them were yet not fully operational in their function and status, and there were attempts to get the human rights ordinance abolished in some regions. Part 1 In the midst of discussions about constitutional amendment, several highly visible human rights incidents occurred, including a rise in hate speech and hate crimes, a college professor’s disabilities, in addition to the deepening economic and social divide. Certain sexual harassment and sexual violence incidents caused great social fury, including a sexual harassment incident in a public institution and in a furniture company, and nurses of a university hospital forced to perform a sexy dance. Introduction assault of medical residents, and public opposition to a proposed school for children with