A. Preliminary Research on Formulation of NAP Based on the Commission’s recommendation, the government established the NAP in May 2007 and decided in August 2008 to launch the 1st Phase NAP from 2007 to 2011. To assist the government with development of the 2nd Phase NAP, the Commission attempted to establish grounds to review progress of the 1st Phase and draw recommendations for the nd 2 Phase. It commissioned the industry-academia cooperation unit of Inha University to review progress of the government’s implementation in 4 areas of the 1st Phase NAP (rights to freedom, social rights, protection of minority, and human rights education and international human rights standards) and conduct preliminary research to formulate recommendations on the 2nd Phase NAP. B. Preliminary Research on Development of Human Rights Index The research was commissioned to the industry-academia cooperation unit of Sungkyunkwan University and carried out for 7 months from March 2011 with an aim to define human rights index and study why and how it makes sense. It focused on ‘human rights index of government organizations’ which systematically quantifies policy efforts made by each entity to promote human rights in society as well as organizational culture respectful of human rights. The research first attempted to review previous local and international researches on human rights index before drawing a roadmap for establishment of a Korean version of human rights index by defining concepts and objectives and classifying abstractive elements and components. Based on the review of preceding researches and theoretical foundations, the Commission and the unit drew conclusion including objective and subjective index governing why and how they are relevant, how the index can be converted into composite human rights index, how the human rights index of government organizations can be integrated into public policies, and ideas on expected effects and potential limitations. Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Policies and Practices 59