Key Activities The Commission also organized a special counseling team comprising seven psychology counselors and 11 legal counselors to address victims’ personal grievances and offer them psychological and legal support. Section 6. Assessment In 2019, the Commission reviewed policy agenda to mitigate polarization and improve the social safety net. It highlighted the need to change the way care of the elderly by the elderly is perceived, urging public support on this issue. In response to continuously emerging labor issues, it conducted surveys, met with labor union and management representatives, made on-site visits, held meetings, and worked on institutional improvement to further the rights of irregular workers and other vulnerable labor groups. It carried out a survey of the human rights conditions facing youths who live in poverty and expressed an opinion on a proposed legislation that the right to adequate housing of people exposed to very poor living conditions be promoted. New policy tasks and human rights agenda were identified and proposed to promote the rights of people in blind spots of human rights coverage and other vulnerable groups, including institutional improvement in support of people who live in non-dwelling facilities. The Commission published and distributed the Human Rights in Business Manual and organized the Human Rights in Business Forum, building social consensus on human rights in business management starting with public organizations. Based on the outcome, the effort will be extended to private businesses. The Commission was also actively involved in safeguarding and promoting the right to information amid a rapidly changing IT environment, and examined ways to protect the right to information in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In an effort to help improve the human rights conditions in North Korea, the Commission hosted the International Symposium on North Korean Human Rights (June 11, UN Headquarters in NYC) as part of an agenda of state party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The symposium provided a venue for international cooperation to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula through sports, leisure, and culture, and further the rights of persons with disabilities. It helped strengthen cooperation with the United Nations 62

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