Introduction The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (“NHRCK”) hereby submits this report for the review on the eighth state party’s report submitted by the Korean government (“Government”) to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (“CEDAW”) This report contains the current status, problems and measures regarding each matter with focus on the list of issues submitted by the NHRCK to the CEDAW at the beginning of July and the lists of issues and questions released by the CEDAW after the presessional working group meeting at the end of July. It is expected for the CEDAW to pay a special attention to the selected issues described below. [1] Establishment of Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Act (List of Issues 3) 1. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommended the Government to enact an anti-discrimination law in July 2006. The NHRCK recommended the Government once again in July 2016, to establish a comprehensive anti-discrimination law when it gave a recommendation on the third National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (“NAP”, 2017~2021). Calls for the establishment of the comprehensive antidiscrimination law are increasing in and out of Korea to protect the social minority from discrimination and hatred and realize equality in every phase of life as seen in the case of the National Assembly Research Service pointing out the need for efforts to establish a comprehensive anti-discrimination law to regulate hate speech1 in June 2017. 2. In the concluding observations after the review on the fourth state party’s report of Korea, the United Nations Committee on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“CESCR”) stipulated that “it is concerned 1 National Assembly Research Service (2017), International Trend and Legislation Challenges of Hate Speech Regulations