4 Information Note of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea A. Introduction The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (“NHRCK”) hereby submits its information note for the 113 session of the working group meeting of the Human Rights Committee (“HRC”) to compose the List of Issues in the face of the HRC's consideration of the fourth periodic report (hereinafter referred to as “the Report”) submitted by the state party, the Government of the Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as “the Government,”) under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”). The NHRCK, an independent national human rights institution, offers general comments about implementation progress of the ICCPR and questions about each article of the Covenant to be asked to the Government, providing the HRC with information for references in preparing the List of Issues. B. Implementation of the ICCPR General Comments