National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2015 rights groups; Part I 1. ‌held a joint discussion meeting on the human rights of migrants in each region with 30 civil 2. ‌held a joint discussion meeting with overseas Korean descendants currently living in Korea on August 21st; 4. ‌came up with solutions to guarantee living rights for migrants through benchmarking policies related to refugees, multicultural families, and migrant workers as well as antimulticultural sentiment in Germany from May 25th to 30th; 5. ‌studied the status of human rights for migrant workers in the construction industry and analyzed related policies and regulations in foreign countries; and 6. ‌launched and hosted the Forum on Human Rights of Migrants so as to review work permit regulations and look for solutions to improve them. To provide remedies for the victims in places excluded from the human rights protection mechanism, the Commission has: 1. ‌conducted an on-site investigation at the Military Correctional Institution, the Gongju Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, protection facilities for foreigners, and senior nursing homes; 2. ‌conducted a suo motu investigation at the residential facilities for homeless people, facilities for people with mental disability, residential facilities for the disabled, and mental health institutes; 3. ‌issued a statement on August 12th against people denying the delivery of food and drink for the demonstrators who were on a strike at the rooftop floor of the office building of the Commission; 4. ‌launched a human rights counseling tour for lepers in Sorokdo island, Korean-Chinese people in Ansan, multicultural families in Hongcheon, pneumoconiosis patients in Taebaek and Sabuk; and 5. ‌actively cooperated with the Special Committee at the National Assembly to improve the human rights of soldiers and reform military culture, which induced the Special Committee to allow the Commission to appoint a human rights ombudsman for soldiers. Part I Introduction | 11 Introduction 3. conducted monitoring on the education and health rights of migrant children;