Key NHRCK Activities North Korean residents have the right to happiness while maintaining their human dignity and value, and to strive to protect and promote their human rights. Prior to developing the Fourth NAP for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, which related to human rights in North Korea, including recommendations for the Human Rights NAP, to evaluate policy effectiveness and seek improvement options by analyzing the status of implementation of tasks to improve human rights in North Korea, which were part of the Human Rights NAP tasks. The study made policy task proposals in four areas, which are improvement of Part 1 Introduction will be implemented from 2023, the Commission commissioned a study into national policies North Korean human rights, settlement and assimilation of North Korean defectors, inter-Korean efforts to resolve humanitarian issues, and human rights education and promotion. The result of the commission study will be further discussed and used to inform recommendations for the Fourth ■S ‌ tudy of overseas laws and cases related to gender minority discrimination Given the absence of gender minority policies in Korea, the Commission conducted a study of overseas laws and cases related to gender minority discrimination to inform policy-making efforts. Analysis was made of decisions made by the United Nations and human rights organizations, Part 2 Key NHRCK Activities NAP. anti-discrimination regulations, and best practices, which helped establish a theoretical basis study also introduced precedents in which gender-related anti-discrimination regulations were broadly interpreted to include gender identity and sexual orientation, precedents recognizing, ‘discrimination by perception’ and 'discrimination by association’ and precedents recognizing the inherent limitations of the freedom of expression and the freedom of religion. World-wide issues and policy trends were also examined to identify areas that would require further surveys and policy reviews in the future. International case studies were made in relation to gender minorities, including gender minority youth who are out of home (in the United States, 20% to 40% of homeless teens were found to be gender minorities), asylum and immigration applicants based on gender identity, and gender minority healthcare accessibility and insurance. The results are expected to contribute to enhanced public policy for gender minorities in the future. 69 Part 3 Appendices for investigation and deliberation of petitions related to gender minority discrimination. The