Section 5. Assessment In 2018, we actively presented opinions on major social issues concerning human rights, while also delivering recommendations and opinions regarding the development and expansion of human rights policy tasks and the improvement of laws, policies, systems, and practices related to human rights. We monitored human rights policies and systems to define the responsibilities of the central and local governments for promoting and protecting human rights and to institutionalize protective instruments for human rights, while also collecting opinions by consulting experts, human rights and civil society organizations, and relevant government agencies. To reinforce our competence for human rights policies and research, we focused on identifying the human rights conditions in Korea by conducting 23 factual surveys, including those to come up with guidelines to prevent and address hate speech, to abolish the death penalty and offer alternative punishments, and to improve the personal protection system for North Korean refugees. We recommended improving the human rights conditions of female migrant workers to substantively promote the human rights of the socially vulnerable, and as a result, the inspection of workplaces hiring migrant workers, the reinforcement of counseling expertise, and the development of educational materials for sexual harassment prevention will all be carried out. We also recommended changing the existing practice of suspending the departure of unregistered migrant children when their parents or guardians failed to pay related fines. Such migrant children will be allowed to leave Korea even when their parents or guardians have not paid such fines. Driven by our recommendation to promote the human rights of those vulnerable to fine dust pollution, persons with disabilities will be included in the fine dust response manual, and legal requirements for the quality of indoor air at childcare centers will be reinforced. We recommended improvements for the promotion of the right to health of workers suffering from pneumoconiosis, and the period of preventive management will be extended and the scope of supported items will be expanded. Based on our recommendation to promote the right to health of workers exposed to reproductively harmful factors, workers' right to know will be further ensured. 78 Commission's Major Activities