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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA ACT
CHAPTER Ⅱ ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF COMMISSION
조문단위인쇄
 Article 5 (Organization of Commission)
(1) The Commission shall be comprised of eleven commissioners for human rights (hereinafter referred to as “commissioners”) including one president and three full-time commissioners.
(2) Four persons selected by the National Assembly (including two fulltime commissioners), four persons nominated by the President of the Republic of Korea and three persons nominated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, from among those persons who have professional knowledge and experience on the matters of human rights and are recognized to be capable of performing duties of human rights protection and improvement fairly and independently, shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea to be commissioners.
(3) The president of the Commission shall be appointed by the Presi dent of the Republic of Korea from among the commissioners.
(4) The president and full-time commissioners of the Commission shall be appointed as public officials in political service.
(5) Four or more of the commissioners shall be women.
(6) In case the term of office of a commissioner expires, he/she shall continuously perform his/her duties until his/her successor is appointed.