Introduction National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes following his visit to Korea. The Commission also strove to establish international human rights norms in the country; by implementing the Asia Pacific Forum’s Torture Prevention Project and by giving a presentation at the 32nd United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), outlining the roles of states and national human rights organizations in preventing torture. The Commission also enhanced its status and its position as a national human rights proponent by attending the 60th UN Commission on the Status of Women, hosting discussions and international symposia to ensure implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and organizing topic-focused expert meetings in preparation for a review by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Considering ways to introduce human rights impact assessment system The Commission also engaged with experts to hear their views on human rights indicators for the right to freedom and for social rights in view of reinforcing its diagnostic and policy competence. It also gathered the views of human rights civic groups on the human rights impact assessment, held meetings with stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the need for and ways to introduce such assessments. 2) Protecting the human rights of the vulnerable and the marginalized Promoting the rights of children and youths The Commission worked actively to improve human rights policies for children and youths. It made policy recommendations to prevent child abuse, protect children’s rights, and improve the human rights of youths in street situation ; expressed its opinion on the proposed amendment to the Act on the Support for Out-of-School Juveniles; and made policy recommendations to improve the human rights conditions faced by graduate students. The Commission also reviewed policies and made recommendations to address the blind spots of children’s rights. For this purpose, it organized discussions to find ways to guarantee children’s right to automatic birth registration, and also to identify possible mitigations of conflicts in school violence cases. It also operated a children and youth protector team to 10