Abbreviations
Commission National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Human Rights NAP National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights
NAP on Business and Human Rights National Action Plan on Business and
Human Rights
Mobility Disadvantaged Persons Act Act on Promotion of the Transportation
Convenience of Mobility Disadvantaged Persons
Mental Health Welfare Act Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and
Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients
Disability Discrimination Prohibition Act Act on the Prohibition of
Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, Remedy against
Infringement of their Rights, Etc.
Racial Discrimination Elimination Convention International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Civil Rights Covenant International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
NHRCK Act National Human Rights Commission of Korea Act
Human Rights Promotion Action Plan Human Rights Promotion Action
Plan of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea
APF
Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
ASEM
Asia-Europe Meeting
CCTV
Closed-circuit television
GANHRI
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (formerly ICC)
ICC International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
ILO
International Labor Organization
OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UPR
Universal Periodic Review
*The United Nations' mechanism of periodically examining the human rights
performance of all UN Member States every four and a half years, which
was initiated in 2008