Chairperson’s Foreword The Commission will continue to step up its effort to serve its duty as a reliable ally for the disadvantaged and marginalized to make this world a better place to live. Since its establishment in 2001, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (the “Commission” or NHRCK) has been active in protecting the inviolable and fundamental human rights of every individual, promoting the human rights of the most vulnerable members of society, internalizing human rights in daily life, and broadening the horizons of human rights. Korea witnessed serious cases of human rights abuse throughout the year of 2015, from a daycare employee’s assault on a child to the case of a university professor who beat and forced his ex-pupils to eat feces. These appalling events took the nation by shock, along with the continued human rights abuse cases within the military discovered after a reservist’s shooting spree at the reserve forces training center in Naegok-dong. On the other hand, the UN Human Right Council (UNHRC) elected a Korean as its president for the first time since the Republic of Korea joined the UN. Also, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on “National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (A/C.3/70/L.49/Rev.1)”, which calls on “Member States to establish effective, independent and pluralistic national institutions or, where they already exist, to strengthen them,” and to promote a more active participation of these institutions in the UN proceedings, including the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held in New York. Against this backdrop, we spared no effort to better serve the Commission’s essential responsibilities, including: issuing recommendations to improve laws, institutions, policies, and practices on human rights; conducting investigations on different cases of human rights abuse or discriminatory acts and making remedies for the victims; educating people and raising their awareness on the promotion of human rights in society; and engaging in cooperation with human rights organizations at home and abroad.