National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Abbreviations
Commission National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Human Rights NAP National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights
Act on Elderly Employment Promotion Act on Prohibition of Age
Discrimination in Employment and Elderly Employment Promotion
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
Covenant on Social Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
APF
Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
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