National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2022 protection and promotion of human rights. Since 2006, the Commission has recommended the establishment of a comprehensive government-wide basic plan for human rights three times. The proposed recommendations in the Fourth NAP carry 100 key tasks that require urgent attention or improvements in the next five years (2023-2027). Classified in one of six categories, the key tasks include protection of vulnerable groups in disasters and accidents (key task 3), combating hate speech and discrimination (key task 4-6), human rights issues under infectious disease situations (key task 15, 19, 69, 88), human rights issues in digital environments (key task 14, 54, 71), and the development of AI technology and human rights protection (key task 77-79). D. Submission of Opinion to the Constitutional Court regarding Constitutional Challenge to Article 7 of the National Security Act On August 31, in relation to the constitutional appeal against the National Security Act (11 cases including Case No. 2017Hun-Ba42), the Commission decided to submit the opinion to the Constitutional Court that paragraph (1), (3) and (5) of Article 7 of the National Security Act are unconstitutional as they violate the principles of clarity, proportionality, as well as international human rights law, and infringe upon the freedom of expression, freedom of thought, and conscience. The National Security Act has been revised seven times since it was enacted by the first Constituent National Assembly in 1948, but concerns about infringement of the freedom of expression and other basic rights have persisted, leading to demands for its abolition or revision from the political sphere, civil society, and the international community. Since recommending the abolition of the National Security Act in 2004, the Commission has consistently raised this issue, including recommending its revision or abolition in the First to Fourth NAPs. In a constitutional judgment on the constitutionality of Article 7 of the National Security Act on April 2, 1990, the Constitutional Court (Case No. 89Hun-Ka113) ruled that, while some terms like members, activities, and confederacy in the old National Security Act were excessively ambiguous and had too broad an application, the Act is partially constitutional to the extent that it is understood to be applicable only in cases where there is a clear risk to the fundamental principles of a free and democratic. Based on this decision, Article 7 of the National Security Act was revised in 1991, and the Constitutional Court has continued to rule 80