Introduction in their day-to-day lives, and were disadvantaged as information were not available in a language they could understand. The Commission monitored their human rights situation, analyzed the results, held meetings, distributed press releases, and posted opinion on its website. The Commission remedied several key petitions?human rights violations of refugee children in Korea or lived in Korea for a long time until they graduated from high school but don’t have disaster payments by local governments, and refugee status applicants whose human rights were violated during interviews?and worked to make institutional and policy improvements for migrants and refugees. The Commission took the initiative to respond actively to current issues in this area by monitoring government policies and media trends, and establishing a network of cooperation with domestic and international organizations and groups involved in protecting the rights of migrants. Promoting human rights and the right to equality in the criminal justice system Increased police power resulting from the adjustment of investigative jurisdiction between the police and the prosecution highlighted the need for democratic checks on abuse of power and human rights violations by the police. Such a call has led the Commission to launch an advisory committee comprising relevant experts to establish democratic checks on investigation authorities. The committee reviewed the role of the Commission as a mechanism for democratic checks, and how human rights can be guaranteed in investigation procedures and practices. In addition, it organized working-level meetings with the Ministry of Justice and the National Police Agency to discuss investigation procedures, and sat in the 3rd NAP to hear about plans to protect and promote human rights during investigations. In relation to a constitutional appeal for abolition of the death sentence, the Commission submitted opinion to the Constitutional Court in support of the appeal. Reinforcing preventive measures to protect the socially vulnerable A series of cases involving serious child abuses by persons with parental rights led the Commission to conduct ex officio investigations into the existing system to prevent child abuse 13 Introduction documentation for sojourn status, migrants who were excluded from COVID-19 emergency Part 1 sojourning in airport terminals for extended periods of time, migrant children who were born