National Human Rights Commission Presents 10 Major Human Rights Tasks to the Presidential Transition Committee

National Human Rights Commission building. Photo by Human Rights Commission

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The National Human Rights Commission announced on the 30th that it has delivered the top 10 human rights tasks to be pursued by the next government to the 20th Presidential Transition Committee.

The 10 human rights tasks presented by the Commission are ▲ Overcoming hate and discrimination and realizing an equal society ▲ Expanding social safety nets to respond to polarization and crisis situations ▲ Strengthening the guarantee of fundamental human rights ▲ Enhancing the protection of human rights for socially vulnerable and minority groups ▲ Guaranteeing labor rights for all working people ▲ Strengthening human rights protection in the intelligent information society ▲ Addressing human rights issues related to climate change ▲ Establishing corporate human rights management ▲ Strengthening the protection of soldiers' human rights ▲ Improving North Korean human rights through inter-Korean relations development and international cooperation.

The Commission explained that these tasks were proposed to establish a permanent human rights protection system and to resolve entrenched inequality and polarization issues. Although the Commission is an independent institution and not subject to the Transition Committee's reporting, it has presented major human rights tasks to be pursued by the next government to the 16th to 18th Presidential Transition Committees and the 19th Presidential Planning Committee after inauguration since its establishment.

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