I. Introduction A state has a duty and a responsibility to confirm the protection of and guarantee the fundamental human rights. Article 10 of the 「Constitution of the Republic of Korea」 stipulates that the duty of the State is “to confirm and guarantee the fundamental and inviolable human rights of individuals.” The perception of human rights issues may differ depending on the individual’s circumstances and value, but no one would deny that everyone has human rights to be protected and that the State has the obligation to protect people’s human rights. It is very important to try to look at the details of human rights and the duties of the State, and to try to present a direction for the future. However, comprehensively describing a society’s human rights situation is a difficult task because it is closely related to all the issues related to the people’s lives. Similarly, assessing whether a society’s human rights level has improved or deteriorated since the previous year is also extremely difficult. International organizations and NGOs create an annual index to compare the human rights level of countries around the world. However, these are insufficient to assess the degree of people’s experience on human rights protection and the improvement and degree of development in the government’s human rights policies. Collecting objective and reliable quantitative data on the human rights related cases and status each year is expensive, and there is a limit as to simply compare the countries, having different historical and social backgrounds, with quantitative indices. 2