National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 21 working conditions and housing environment. It also recommended that the foreigner health examination system and the disabled persons registration system be reviewed so that refugees with disabilities can become eligible for the same service support as Korean nationals. The government’s third proposed Basic Plan for Public Policy for Multi-cultural Families. To promote the rights of military service personnel, the Commission actively participated in a government initiated bill to quickly launch an important human rights program in the armed forces. It also stepped up its international cooperation effort by taking part in the International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces. In relation to sexual violence and human rights infringements in the military, it conducted an ex officio investigation of all military headquarters and recommended policy and institutional changes. While recommending changes to the excessive infringement of personal information in the military, it also focused on curbing deeply entrenched practices in the military, including the strict senior-junior culture and atrocities committed in obligatory fire brigades. The Commission’s activities also include investigation and policy recommendation in response to a collective complaint on discrimination against sexual minorities, and on-site, preventive inspections of military guardhouses, police jails, corrective facilities, foreigner shelters, senior welfare facilities, children protection and treatment facilities, and mental health institutions. 3) Promoting the values of human rights across the society Facilitating local access to Commission’s services and promoting the values of human rights nationwide To celebrate ten years of the human rights ordinance initiative and five years of recommending the enactment and amendment of the human rights ordinance, the Commission expressed opinion on how to expand a culture that values human rights in local communities and to help institute human rights systems. In response to movements to abolish the human rights ordinance, it expressed the opinion that abolition of the ordinance is not advised because the right to not be Introduction Ensuring relief for those in blind spots Part 1 Commission also actively responded to current issues, such as expressing opinion regarding the