birth registration; child abuse; the #Me Too movement in schools; adoption and dissolution of adoption; the right to education; leisure and play; refugee children; poverty-stricken children; working children; sexual exploitation; and the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility. Submitting Opinions to and Attending the 97th United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination The schedule for the review of Korea's combined 17th, 18th, and 19th national report for the Racial Discrimination Elimination Convention was set during the 97th session of the United to December 14, 2018. We submitted a written contribution containing information about the convention's implementation status in Korea and our opinions on October 22. This written contribution dealt with 20 issues (31 detailed issues) and presented the Commission's opinions on and recent cases concerning the continued recommendations of CERD, such as applying the definition of racial discrimination provided in the Racial Discrimination Elimination Convention to domestic laws, developing penalties for acts of racial discrimination, and enacting a comprehensive discrimination prohibition act. In addition, we participated in the official session of CERD from December 3-4 as a national human rights institution, helping to draw up CERD's concluding observations for the promotion of the human rights of migrants and the prevention of racial discrimination in Korea and seeking to accelerate the implementation of international human rights standards. Gay McDougall, Committee Member and Country Rapporteur for Korea, said in her final statement, It has been six years since the review in 2012, but Korea's implementation status shows no visible progress. She also added, Although migrants in Korean society contribute to the creation of the nation's wealth by providing labor, they are not receiving fair compensation. Those who are benefiting from the nation's wealth and those who are not are clearly divided by race, skin color, ethnicity, and social class. She sharply pointed out that the government should be alerted by such criticism. National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2018 73 Part 2 | Commission's Major Activities Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) from November 26