W RITTEN S UBMISSION National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) September 2023 Ⅰ. I NTRODUCTION 1. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (“NHRCK”) was established on 25 November 2001 under the National Human Rights Commission Act, enacted on 24 May 2001, as an independent national human rights institution of Korea to promote and protect human rights at the national level. 2. The NHRCK submits this report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“Committee”) prior to deliberation on the 5th periodic report, submitted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”). Having monitored the domestic implementation of the ICCPR, the NHRCK presents issues and views that the Committee may need to look into in its consideration of the 5th periodic report of Korea. This report describes the current status and challenges concerning the list of issues (LoIPR) posed by the Committee and suggests recommendations for the Committee’s consideration. II. T HE NHRCK’ S V IEWS ON I SSUES Issue 1. Implementation of the Covenant: NAP and Individual Complaints 3. The Government stated in its 5th periodic report that, in order to implement the Committee’s 4th Concluding Observations, it established a number of relevant policy tasks in the 3rd National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (NAP, 20182022) and carried them out. The 3rd NAP expired in 2022, and subsequently the year of 2023 is the time to assess the implementation of the 3rd NAP and proceed with a next NAP. Bearing this in mind, in July 2022, the NHRCK recommended the President to formulate the 4th NAP and suggested 100 key priorities to be included therein. However, the development of the 4th NAP by the Government has been delayed to date. 2