18 Introduction treaties. In preparations for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th review of Korea’s state report by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, it submitted a written opinion, and attended and monitored the review process. Based on feedback received from women rights experts, it also drafted a written opinion for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Considering ways to introduce a human rights impact evaluation system In view of ensuring that the Commissions’ recommendations are accommodated, a relevant evaluation category was added to the government’s performance evaluation for the first time in 2017. The Commission developed and applied some indicators to ensure that the 43 central government agencies accept its recommendations and are incentivized to make change. 2) Protecting the human rights of the vulnerable and marginalized Promoting the rights of children and youths The Commission was actively engaged in key human rights issues. It expressed its opinion on the need for guidelines to efficiently implement the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, children gun shooting events, the proposed revision to the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles from Sexual Abuse, protection of elementary school children’s rights during urology examination, collection of data on Internet usage patterns of low-income class students who get informatization assistance, and posting of leaflets promoting employment of specialized high school graduates. It also recommended that the system to notify parents of the child birth registration requirement be improved to prevent child abuse, and made policy recommendations to promote the human rights of students in schools. The Commission also exerted efforts to promote the rights of vulnerable children who are in blind spots. It reviewed the policy related to school-based protection of at-risk juveniles, conducted a survey of the human rights conditions facing children of imprisoned persons, and established human rights assessment indicators for children welfare facilities. It also expressed its opinion regarding the fifth and sixth periodic state reports to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, and reviewed ways for international standards pertaining to children human rights to be implemented in Korea, including a survey of awareness of international standards for children and youths’ rights.