National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea national health insurance, and its expression of opinion on the draft of the enforcement decree of the Refugee Act. In the area of promoting the human rights of senior people, the NHRCK made a recommendation for policy improvement based on the results of the Survey on the Human Rights Conditions in Senior Jobs, which was conducted in 2012. It further recommended the related government authorities to take policy actions to ensure income, the right of health, and the right of labor for the elderly, and to prevent senior abuse and senior suicides. Again in 2013, the fifth batch of the Monitoring Group on the Rights of the Elderly was formed so that seniors themselves take part in the promotion of their human rights. As for the promotion of the human rights of children, youth, and care facilities residents, the NHRC expressed its opinion actively on relevant laws, for instance, on the draft of the Human Rights of Child and Juveniles, on the draft amendments to the Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures against Violence in Schools, and on the draft of Act on the Support of School Dropouts outside Schools. It further made strenuous efforts for individual remedy actions. They included the on-site investigation of child welfare facilities, the suo moto investigation of the human rights violations at child nursing facilities, and the on-site investigation of mental health facilities. After revision of the Act on Special Cases concerning Adoption in 2012, much concern was raised that unmarried mothers may abandon their babies in baby boxes to hide their identity because the provisions of the revised Act request birth reports for adoption applications. The Introduction ▪▪▪ 11