National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2019 Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and members to the Convention, and the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC), which were co-hosts of the symposium. Efforts were made to help North Korean defectors settle in Korea, including an opinion expressed on the amendment to the Social Security Benefits Act and a chairperson statement that called for a more robust social safety net for North Korean defectors. To enhance the effectiveness of its operation, the Commission held a meeting with North Korean women defectors to hear their with 40 or so experts from academia, legal profession, and civil society groups, and the takeaways Part 2 views. At the North Korean Human Rights Forum, discussions of key agenda items were held were reflected in the Commission’s related tasks. expressed in 2019 based on petition investigations and ex officio investigations. During petition investigations, the Commission identified what institutions, laws, and practices are likely to lead to human rights violation and discrimination, while also looking for individual remedial measures. These efforts helped develop valid improvement recommendations. Key policy recommendations were made in relation to video recording equipment in police vehicles, the rights of children of incarcerated parents in the criminal justice stage, health insurance payment liability imposed on minors, the 2nd Guidelines on the Human Rights of Migrants, and prevention of sexual harassment and sexual violence in culture and the arts. Key opinions were expressed in relation to victims of the Committee for the Rebuilding of the People’s Revolutionary Party incident, introduction of a court-appointed counsel program for defendants, the emergency remedial requests filed with respect to the Noryangjin Fish Market, human rights violations caused by the police breaking lawful procedures during investigation of children, the joint liability unjustifiably forced upon military cadets, and violation of children’s personal rights through disclosure of investigation files to the media. In addition to petition investigations and ex officio investigations, the Commission conducted on-site inspections of 65 facilities in relation to nine cases in 2019. On-site monitoring activities not only had preventative effects, but they resulted in some policy recommendations and expressed opinions, which helped safeguard and promote the rights of persons incarcerated in a detention or protection facility. 63 Key Activities Compared to the previous year, there were 30 more policy recommendations and opinions