Introduction
owners of those rights. It also issued a chairperson’s statement to refresh public interest on human
rights issues facing older persons as they become more vulnerably exposed to challenges posed by
COVID-19.
To address the ever-deepening vulnerable conditions facing platform laborers in the form of
job and income insecurity, the Commission expressed opinion on a proposed bill to protect and
Part 1 Introduction
5) Addressing new blind spots in labor rights and strengthening human rights in
business management
support platform workers. Noting the worsening working conditions of platform workers and
their growing precarious situations due to COVID-19, it conducted surveys of the conditions
facing those working in logistics centers and of those in call centers to make recommendations for
The Commission refreshed public interest on the rights of laborers by issuing a chairperson’s
statement that the reinstatement of Korean trade union leader Kim Jin-suk is not a matter of labormanagement relations but one that requires settling of past state violence; a statement on the
amendment of the law on bullying in the workplace; and a statement welcoming the enactment of
a law to improve employment conditions for domestic workers.
Part 2 Key NHRCK Activities
institutional improvements.
Meanwhile, to expand public consensus on human rights in business management, the
the topic of “Outcome and Tasks of the United Nations Human Rights and Business Guiding
Principles.” In the second half, it hosted the forum jointly with the Ministry of Justice to discuss
the operationalization of the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework, and the
Tasks of the United Nations Human Rights and Business Guiding Principles in a new era for the
ESG world. The Commission also published an e-book titled ESG Asks and Business & Human
Rights Answers, helping build broader public consensus on the matter.
6) Shifting paradigm and strengthening protection for human rights in sports
Based on the result of a survey conducted in 2019, the Commission made policy
recommendations to safeguard and promote the human rights of athletes in ice sports, athletes with
disabilities, and female sports instructors. Following monitoring of 286 institutions, including on13
Part 3 Appendices
Commission organized in the first half of the year the Forum on Business and Human Rights on