The international community, including the United Nations, places importance on the duty of the state not only to prevent human rights violations by governmental authority but also to induce corporations to realize respect for human rights. As such, the Korean government established the 3rd National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (2018-2022) in August 2018 with the aim to institutionalize human rights-conscious management and remedy human rights violations. Due to the lack of specific guidelines, those on the front lines of human rights were faced with difficulties in systematically and strategically practicing human rights-conscious management. Also, while human rights-related items were partially included in the management assessments for public institutions, they were weighted lower and were less specific than other items. Thus, the introduction of human rights-conscious management mostly hinged on the determination of the head of each public institution. We developed a manual encompassing all stages of human rights-conscious management, from the establishment of the relevant system to the human rights impact assessment, the implementation and publicizing of human rights-conscious management, and the provision of remedial procedures, to encourage the implementation of human rights-conscious management at public institutions. We also recommended the addition of pertinent assessment items to the management assessment indicators for public institutions. H. Recommending Accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the Civil Rights Covenant On September 10, we recommended that the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Justice join the Second Optional Protocol to the Civil Rights Covenant for the abolition of the death penalty. In the Second Optional Protocol to the Civil Rights Covenant adopted at the 44th United Nations General Assembly in December 1989, the abolition of the death penalty is an international promise aimed at improving human dignity and human rights. It specifies the obligation to prohibit the enforcement of the death penalty, the obligation to take necessary steps for the abolition of the death penalty, and the possibility of postponing the execution of the death penalty for military crimes during war. It has been joined and ratified by 85 countries, with 32 46 Commission's Major Activities