National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea multi-culture, children and youth, persons with disabilities, the ICTs and human rights and mental health. The number of participants, which had shown a steady increase in the past, decreased by a small margin (2.6%) to 164,075. It seemed to be a result of the change in the size of each group of learners. In order to enhance the educational effect and encourage participatory learning, the Commission provided educational sessions to smaller sized groups while increasing the number of sessions (from 1,834 in 2013 to 2,334 in 2014). In accordance with the Mental Health Act and the Act on Support for Welfare and Self-reliance of the Homeless, etc., the Commission successfully provided the mandatory human rights education for employees in mental health facilities and homeless care facilities. More importantly, by strengthening its role in human rights education for the mental health sector through close consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of employees in mental health facilities participating in human rights educational programs increased 170% in 2014, compared with the previous year. With the aim of building the institutional foundation for human rights education, the NHRCK continued to promote the enactment of a Human Rights Education Act in the 19th National Assembly. To that end, it organized an advisory committee and a working group and supported the “Human Rights Education Support Act” (co-sponsored by the ruling and opposition party with Rep. Yoo Seung-min as the leading sponsor on Oct. 10, 2014). However, the bill was withdrawn due to strong protest by some organizations and the Commission issued a statement of regret on November 12. 5) Strengthening Remedies for Discrimination Introduction ▪▪▪ 13