Key NHRCK Activities B. Opinion to National Assembly regarding the need for equality law On June 30, the Commission expressed opinion to the Chairman of the National Assembly on the need for prompt legislation of Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act (equality law) using a draft proposed bill. Though there exist individual laws governing discrimination based on disability, gender, age, and employment status, these laws alone are limited in addressing the gamut of discrimination in real life. Because an individual’s identity reflects various interconnected characteristics such as gender, disability, and age, there is a need for an overarching law to oversee all forms of discrimination. A generic, inclusive equality law offers the advantage of preventing a hierarchy of discrimination grounds and of applying a consistent and unified set of standards. legislative body representing the people, to put in all its effort into the legislation of an equality Part 2 The Commissioned expressed opinion, calling for the National Assembly, in its capacity as the law, as human dignity is not a matter about which compromise can be achieved, as affirmed by its all for the legislation of the law. C. ‌Opinion Regarding Draft Fifth Periodic Report of the Republic of Korea On July 6, the Commission expressed opinion to the Minister of Justice regarding the draft fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, raising the need for corrections or refinement on 27 issues to enable better understanding and assessment of the country’s progress in complying with the covenant. The draft fifth periodic report covers the status and government actions’ to comply with the concluding observations of the UN Human Rights Committee on the fourth periodic report of the Republic of Korea (concerns and recommendations made by the Committee in 2015), eradication of discrimination and eradication of violence against women, prevention of human rights violations in the military, eradication of hate speech against migrants and refugees, existing statutes, policies, and institutional arrangements for the right of peaceful assembly and civil liberties in general. 47 Key NHRCK Activities mankind in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 70 years ago, and committed itself to give