National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2022 report for UPR. In July 2022, the Commission prepared and submitted the independent report. With regard to the government’s preparation of the national report, the Commission actively participated in a consultative meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice to present its views and suggestions. It also provided written feedback on three different occasions to ensure that pertinent key issues could be appropriately addressed. Furthermore, the Commission actively engaged in pre-sessions organized by UPR INFO, in collaboration with civil society organizations in South Korea. The objective was to ensure that the human rights proposals put forward by the Commission and civil society could translate into UPR recommendations during the discussions of the UPR Working Group in January 2023. These pre-sessions offered the opportunity to interact with key UN missions and present the challenges in advancing human rights in the country. ‌ Preparations in Support of the UN Human Rights Committee‘s Review of the Fifth State Report of the Republic of Korea In October 2023, the UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled to review the fifth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on civil and political rights under the ICCPR. To enhance the domestic implementation of the ICCPR, it is essential for National Human Rights Institutions to assist the Committee in formulating its concluding observations based on independent reports and other objective and fair documents during the review of State reports. This is a very important role that the Commission plays in promoting the domestic implementation of international human rights treaties. The Commission conducted an analysis of the UN Human Rights Committee’s general comments and concluding observations on other countries in order to prepare a proactive response to the Committee’s review of the Republic of Korea’s fifth State report. ‌ Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Report of Combined Second and Third Reports by the NHRCK As a party to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Republic of Korea submitted its combined second and third periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in March 102