Seoul Administrative Court to annul the refusal to allow registration of the Youth Labor Union. Pertaining to the protection of the right to freedom, the NHRCK expressed its opinion about the 3rd and the 4th country report (draft) of the United Nations Committee against Torture (UNCAT), the effects of CCTVs (closed-circuit television) installed inside classrooms on human rights violations, the distribution of materials for preventing people liable to perpetrate sexual violence from committing a second offense, and the proposed amendment of the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers, all of which demonstrate the Commission’s efforts to protect the right to freedom which is a very basic right of people. The NHRCK, in order to facilitate the implementation of international human rights standards within Korea, submitted an implementation inspection report to the UNHRC that covered items recommended to the Korean government in the 1st UPR, and expressed its opinion about the government’s 2nd UPR country report. Also, the Commission participated in the UNCERD, monitored the review of the 15th and the 16th country report presented by Korea and stated the opinions of the Commission. In connection with this, the NHRCK expressed its opinions about the government’s 2011 country report (draft). Furthermore, the NHRCK led the Human Rights Planning Group for the Army to make sure that it would incorporate social concerns about the misguided military culture and seek measures for protecting the human rights of servicepersons in general. The Commission used the group to present its recommendations on political measures to promote a human rights-friendly military culture in the form of the enactment of the Human Rights Act in the Military. Also, the Commission recommended establishing response measures for tinnitus victims who developed the disease while serving in the military, carried out suo moto investigations of habitual assaults in the military, and expressed its opinion about a draft of a revised version of the Support for Discharged Soldiers Act. Introduction 17