Key NHRCK Activities of income and job insecurity, healthcare gap, childcare gap, and hatred and discrimination, and to discuss institutional improvements. For the purpose of the survey, vulnerable groups as they relate to COVID-19 were categorized This led to selection of older persons, women (pregnant women), persons with disabilities, homeless people, migrants, gender minorities, part-time workers, workers in special employment types, freelancers, persons taking unpaid leave, self-employed people, small merchants, and people infected with COVID-19 as groups vulnerable in the COVID-19 disaster situation. Part 1 Introduction based on demographic characteristics, their standing in the labor market, and COVID-19 infection. With 6 to 21 people drawn from each group, a total of 154 people were selected for in-depth interviews in 14 areas—right to health, quarantine and sanitation, income guarantee and right to an right to education, right to data portability, right to access information, right to privacy, right to safety, hatred prevention and right not to be discriminated, and others. Based on the findings, the Commission made policy recommendations on ways to safeguard the rights of these groups, including improving the public healthcare system and public care system, military allowance, promoting the right to health using paid leave, increased universality of social insurance programs such as employment insurance, and minimum housing standard considering Part 2 Key NHRCK Activities adequate standard of living, right to work, right to adequate housing, right to care, social relations, quarantine safety. artificial intelligence (AI) The increased development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) across the society has led to a growing number of areas—crime prediction, job interviews, and autonomous driving— in which AI could have potential impacts on human life and rights. While AI development and application will likely lead to increased productivity and convenience for a higher quality of life, there have been controversies over human rights infringement risks, particularly misuse of technology, data bias, and personal data infringement. These issues require a regulatory framework to ensure that basic rights can be protected, but the various government AI guidelines are still largely theoretical and self-regulatory in nature. In light of this limitation, the Commission conducted a survey to better understand the essential human 67 Part 3 Appendices ■ ‌Study on human rights guidelines in relation to development and use of