National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2018 Chapter 2 Investigations ‌ of and Remedies for Human Rights Violations and Discriminations··································· 80 Section 1. Overview········································································ 80 Section 2. Investigations and Remedies: Human Rights Violations·················· 84 1. Status of Petitions· · ···························································· 84 2. Ex Officio and Visiting Investigations········································· 86 3. Examples of Major Petitions·················································· 88 Section 3. Investigations and Remedies: Discriminatory Acts · · ····················· 102 1. Status of Petitions· · ··························································· 102 2. Ex Officio and Visiting Investigations········································ 106 3. Examples of Major Petitions················································· 107 Section 4. Human Rights Counseling and Petitions··································· 118 1. Human Rights Counseling· · ·················································· 118 2. Face-to-Face Petitions························································ 119 3. Civil Complaints and Inquiries··············································· 120 Section 5. Preliminary Investigations and Mediation· · ································ 122 1. Preliminary Investigations···················································· 122 2. Mediation····································································· 123 Section 6. Assessment······································��······························ 124 Chapter 3 Human ‌ Rights Education and Promotional Activities for Public Awareness············································· 129 Section 1. Overview······································································· 129 Section 2. Major Achievements ························································· 132 1. Institutionalizing and Solidifying the Foundation for Human Rights Education·132 2. Establishing Domestic and International Networks of Cooperation·· ········ 135 3. Implementation Status of Human Rights Education························· 139 4. Development and Distribution of Educational and Promotional Content···· 140 5. Operation of the Human Rights Library· · ···································· 142 6. Promotional Activities to Raise Public Awareness··························· 143 Section 3. Assessment ···································································· 149