National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea on the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation to the National Assembly. As for the prevention of human rights violation during medical treatment, the NHRCK published A Handbook on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment during Medical Treatment and distributed the handbook to medical institutions, health workers’ organizations, community health centers and women’s organizations across the country. In addition, it created a short animation film “A Step Forward to Equality” to provide education about sexual harassment prevention in the military with a humorous twist. The Commission also continued to take steps to protect rights and provide remedies for violations in individual complaints filed such as determining that the request for female soccer players to undergo gender determining examinations and the inappropriate actions of a same sex superior fall under the category of sexual harassment. On the other hand, in celebrating the fifth year of the enforcement of “the Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination in Employment”, the NHRCK stepped up its efforts to address discriminatory practices based on age by producing and distributing publicity materials and issuing a series of recommendations such as removing the age limit in selecting vocational trainees (July 30) and revising the age limit in appointing a village-head (July 30). It also continued to discourage discriminatory practices on the grounds of social status or academic background through the investigations of complaints and remedial acts for those guilty of violations. Regarding the protection and promotion of minorities, the Commission conducted a research study on discrimination practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity to examine the current situation of students in schools and the understanding of teachers on sexual orientation and gender identity issues. After identifying the discriminatory practices in general society by analyzing the research results, the Introduction ▪▪▪ 15