Foreword “20-Year-Old NHRCK, Together Again ‌ensuring that the values of human rights can take root in the society in a rapidly changing human rights landscape.” The year 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, which was established on November 25, 2001 to uphold the right to and respect for human dignity, and contribute to reinforcing the democratic foundation by safeguarding and promoting inviolable human rights inherent to every individual. As an independent national institution dedicated to the promotion of human rights, the Commission remained committed to its assigned mission, which includes research into associated statutes, institutional arrangements and policies, and making recommendations for improvement, investigating and finding effective remedies to human rights violations and discrimination, engaging in education and promotion of human rights to raise awareness, and engaging in exchanges and cooperation with international human rights organizations and advocacy groups. In 2021, the Commission expressed 102 policy recommendations and opinions on a range of issues. It processed 75,948 counseling requests and complaints, processed 9,287 out of 10,029 petitions filed and recommended remedial actions on 506 cases, and provided human rights education to 351,463 individuals. Meanwhile, the Commission verified the high esteem in which Korea is held internationally through its renewed A status accreditation granted by the GANHRI Sub-Committee on Accreditation in the last review. Notably, amid the continuous spread of COVID-19, it carefully monitored the human rights situation of people who are homeless or in detention, and discrimination facing migrant workers and children of foreign nationalities in relation to COVID-19 testing and loss mitigation options, to make proper recommendations. These efforts led to local governments withdrawing or suspending their administrative orders to enforce COVID-19 tests on migrant workers, and the Seoul Municipal Government to service welfare facilities for the homeless to prevent infection.