National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea and Promoting Human Rights in ICTs (Information and Communications Technologies) Environment as two featured projects. As the year 2013 is in the middle of the plan, the NHRCK has tried to link the achievements in 2012 to actual improvement of human rights conditions. Chapter 2. Achievements by Project 1. Five Strategic Goals A. Ensuring and Strengthening Institutional Protection for Basic Human Rights The minimum basic human rights standards are prescribed by the Constitution and statutes as well as by the international human rights treaties ratified by Korea, and international customary laws. The NHRCK has tried its best to ensure institutional protection of basic human rights. In detail, it identified five performance goals which should be achieved by implementing the 2012-2014 Action Plan for Human Rights. The five performance goals are: i) guaranteeing and reinforcing the right to freedom; ii) expanding and promoting social rights; iii) promoting the implementation of international human rights standards in Korea; iv) strengthening the foundation for human rights through the improvement of statutes; and v) developing the Human Rights Index. In 2013, the NHRCK focused on reinforcing the institutional Introduction ▪▪▪ 7