Introduction National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 3) Education and promotion of human rights 4) ‌Recommendation pertaining to adhesion to and implementation of international human rights treaties 5) Cooperation with domestic human rights defenders and international organizations 4. Organization ● ‌Commission: Comprising of 11 commissioners, including the Chairperson, three standing commissioners, and seven non-standing commissioners2) - ‌Four Commissioners nominated by the President of Korea; four elected by the National Assembly; and three nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and approved by the President of Korea - Three-year term (eligible for a one-time extension only) - Chairperson and standing commissioners being public officials in political service - ‌The Commission may not be composed in a way that either gender represents more than sixtenths of the composition ● ‌Secretariat: Led by the Secretary General and comprised of three bureaus, 12 divisions, three teams, and four regional offices - Number of personnel: 189 (as of 31 Dec. 2016) ● ‌Organizational Chart3) 2) See Appendix "Human Rights Commissions" (p. 103) 3) Committee responsibilities - ‌Rectification Human Rights Violation Committee I: Human rights violations by the prosecution, police, National Intelligence Service, military, legislative and judiciary institutions - ‌Rectification Human Rights Violation Committee II: Human rights violations by detention and protective facilities (excluding facilities for persons with disabilities and mental health care facilities), and other state organizations (local governments, schools, public service-related organizations; but excluding child abuse at schools) - ‌Discrimination Remedy Committee: Discriminations by state organizations or private men - ‌Disability Discrimination Remedy Committee: Disability discrimination by state organizations or private men, and human rights violations in facilities for persons with disabilities and mental health care facilities - ‌Children's Rights Committee : Human rights abuse and discriminations against children 18 years or younger (excluding human rights abuse and discriminations in children welfare facilities, and schools established in accordance with Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Article 2 of the Higher Education Act (with the exception of disability discriminations and sexual harassment)) 4