Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea protect the reporters of acts of human rights violations in welfare facilities for persons with disabilities and mental health facilities. ③ The Initial Report fails to analyze and present the fundamental cause of human rights violations and acts of discrimination, and except for human rights education programs for facility workers, it fails to clearly present government measures to eradicate such problems. 2) Recommendation ① The government should include laws such as the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities, Anti-Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act, Mental Health Act, Convenience Enhancement Act, and National Human Rights Commission Act, to the laws subject to violations of public interest as stipulated by the Act on the Protection of Public Interest Whistleblowers so that it can protect the person who made the report on cases of human rights violations and discriminations in order to prevent such violations and discriminations from happening and enable effective subsequent remedies. 11. Article 19. Living independently and being included in the community 11.1 System insufficient in protecting rights and supporting the independence of persons with developmental disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① The number of registered persons with developmental disabilities (persons with intellectual disabilities and autism) in Korea was approximately 183,000 persons as of end of 2011, among which 167,000 were persons with intellectual disabilities and 16,000 persons with autism, accounting for about 7.3% of the total. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 19