National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2015 3. ‌lack of description on the implementation of the third round of concluding observations of Part II when implemented; the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 5. details on the status of domestic implementation for each article in the ICESCR. F. ‌Expression of opinion on the proposal of the 8th National Report on the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) prepared the proposal of the 8th National Report on the implementation status of covenants from 2011 to June, 2015 in accordance with Article 18 of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and requested the Commission to submit its opinion on the document. In response, the Commission expressed its opinion on July 13th as follows: 1. ‌The report only included a simple list of legislated and revised laws and implemented policies, when it was supposed to contain an in-depth review on the expected results and impact as well as potential issues upon the implementation of the laws involved. 2. ‌It did not have enough description on the implementation of the 2011 final recommendation from UNCEDAW. 3. ‌It lacked in terms of analysis on the status of female non-regular workers and countermeasures to address the issue. 4. ‌It did not have enough statistics on female employment and other categories related to women in most vulnerable groups of society. G. Submission of the Independent Report on the 4th National Report on ICCPR To prepare for the review on the 4th National Report on the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Commission submitted the Information Note on February 5th to assist in the selection of the list of issues. In addition, the Commission submitted the Independent Report on the status of domestic implementation of the ICCPR and its opinions on September 14th to assist the upcoming review. The report includes the Commission’s information and its opinion on the issues related to civil rights including: (1) independence of the Commission, the Anti-Discrimination Act, Part II Major Activities of NHRCK | 31 Major Activities of NHRCK 4. difficulties in comprehending the status of the overall implementation of the ICESCR; and