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Introduction
and proposed institutional changes. It recommended change to the excessive personal
information requirement in college scholarship applications, and conducted a survey of the real
name system on the Internet.
Developing new human rights agenda through research
The Commission analyzed the current atmospheric environment management system and its
flaws, and using the result of a study on air pollution and public perception of this issue from
a human rights and environment perspective, sought ways to promote the right to a healthy
atmospheric environment, particularly in relation to fine dust.
Strengthening exchanges and cooperation with human rights organizations in
Korea and abroad
The Commission increased communication and cooperation with human rights organizations
through various touchpoints at the Queer Culture Festival (the Commission was the first national
organization to attend in this festival), and the first meeting with human rights organizations
since 2012 to establish the next year’s first business plan.
In 2017, the commission organized an international conference to suggest new management
for the police jointly with Amnesty International Korea; the symposium titled “Guaranteeing
social, economic rights such as the right to education, the right to housing, the right to labor
and the role of NHRCK” jointly with the Korean Constitutional Law Association; the debate
“NHRCK and the press, and Freedom of Speech” jointly with the Korean Society For Media
Law; “International Symposium on Human Rights, Rule of Law, and Legal Culture” jointly with
the Korean Public Law Association; the 2017 Jeju Human Rights Conference on “The Human
Rights Agenda – The Present and Future of Human Rights” jointly with the Jeju Special Selfgoverning Province and the Korea Human Rights Foundation (attended by 300 or so participants
from human rights-related organizations, academic institutions, and groups); the “Current Status
of Indefinite-term Contract Workers in the Public Sector and Policy Alternatives” debate jointly
with the Korean Contingent Workers’ Center.
The Commission laid the groundwork for increased visibility of its invitational training
programs (nine participants from nine countries) abroad. It also expanded its international