National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2021 Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and find ways to promote human rights using the United Nations human rights mechanism. To increase the public’s understanding of international human rights standards, the Commission worked on enhancing public access to international human rights information by securing approximately 280 materials related to the review by the seven human rights treaty2) bodies3) of the ROK government’s report and posting them on its Internet homepage by review process and date. This effort is expected to help raise public awareness on international human rights norms. As the chair of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the Commission represented national human rights institutions to highlight the need for the United Nations Council and the GANHRI Working Group on Ageing to craft a Human Rights Convention for Older Persons, while working to increase the visibility of the human rights of older persons agenda in the international community. The Commission also hosted an international conference on the topic of “Protection of human rights and enactment of an equality law under COVID-19 situation,” and also invited ambassadors and international organizations representatives to a seminar on “Combating Hatred and Discrimination, and Enactment of Equality Law” to seek international cooperation in response to pending human rights issues. 2) The ‌ ROK government has joined and ratified seven major human rights treaties: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. There are two treaties to which it is not a member. 3) The ‌ human right treaty bodies that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties in the ROK are: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Committee Against Torture, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 20