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(November 26 in Seoul) was organized to discuss about the United Nations Human Rights
Mechanism and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as systematic and practical ways
to improve the human rights conditions in North Korea. There was general agreement at the
symposium that, rather than providing assistance in kind, considerations should be made on
exchanging technology, knowledge, and experience with North Korea.
The Commission addressed North Korean human rights issues in a timely manner. It issued
a chairperson comment regarding the statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights in North Korea at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council and positively
assessed the proposals made by the international community to improve the human rights
situation in North Korea. A chairperson statement was also issued regarding the killing of
a South Korean public official by North Korea, urging a thorough investigation on how the
similar occurrence in the future.
in Korea, the Commission was actively involved in the international human rights mechanism,
including the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the human rights records of member states,
monitored progress made in relation to the concluding observations of the UN Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the fourth periodic report of the Republic of Korea, acted
on the draft fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Human Rights
organized a conference to strengthen implementation of international human rights standards in
Korea with a focus on the legislative branch.
In 2020, there were 21 more policy recommendations and opinions expressed based on
petitions and ex officio investigations, compared to the previous year. The Commission
focused on individual remedies through investigation of petitioned cases. At the same time,
through investigations, it made some significant recommendations with regards institutions,
laws and regulations, and practices that were found to be conducive to human rights violations
or discrimination.
Some key recommendations were made to improve the way student counseling systems are
operated, to establish policy in support of students who have been absent from school for a long
time and others who need protection, to make institutional improvements so that private school
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incident happened and who should be held accountable, and underscoring the need to prevent