National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 57 the National Assembly, jointly with the office of National Assembly member Hong Il-pyo. The purpose of the forum was to increase consensus on the establishment of the NAP on Business and Human Rights and discuss improvements to the National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD. The forum was attended by 180 or so participants from the National Assembly, government, economic organizations, businesses, and public organizations. It kicked off with a keynote address by Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct, on “OECD’s business & human rights grievance mechanism.” Session 1 included a presentation on international trends in business and human rights and an overview of the NAP on Business and Human Rights of American and German businesses. Session 2 featured an sized enterprises, and an assessment of NCP operation in Korea. Rights in major countries to stakeholders of the National Assembly, government, and businesses, building consensus on the need for a NAP on Business and Human Rights in Korea. It also heard various opinions regarding the action plan and options to improve the NCP. ● Participation in the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights From 27 to 29 November, the Commission participated in the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. Chaired by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the forum was attended with more than 3,000 participants from national human rights institutions, government, business, academia, community groups and civil society. With the central theme “Realizing Access to Effective Remedy,”, the forum was organized to discuss state responsibility and specific ways to realize corporate respect for human rights envisaged under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The Forum program included a number of sessions dedicated to non-judicial grievance mechanisms, corporate respect for human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals, grievance mechanisms in the NAPs on Business and Human Rights, and grievance mechanisms of national human rights institutions. Commission's Major Activities The Commission presented key progress and content of the NAP on Business and Human Part 2 overview of human rights compliance in Korean public institutions and small- and medium-

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