to the “Civil Act”, it is parent who have parental authority and rights to take disciplinary action. Therefore, corporal punishment in homes is hardly banned under the current law, unless it clearly leads to abuse that damages a child’s body and harms health and development. In this regard, the Korean government announced the “Policies for children toward Building an Inclusive Society” in May 2018 that it will consider ways to exclude corporal punishment from the rights to take disciplinary action, but no specific attempts for amendment has been found thereafter. 40. Children in child welfare facilities, including orphanages, have limited basic right of personal liberty, and there is a risk of human rights violations such as corporal punishment and degrading treatment if the monitoring on the admission and living condition is insufficient. The NHRCK gave recommendations on 2 April 2018 and 9 May 2019 on harsh acts occurred in child welfare facilities and is exerting all efforts to objectively check child rights situation by conducting a survey of child rights in child welfare facilities (2010) and developing human rights evaluation index for child welfare institutions (2017) in order to improve the index which was developed in 2005. Questions 41. Please provide the Korean government’s plans on alternative discipline methods to eradicate and replace all forms of physical violence against children, including domestic and school corporal punishment. In addition, please present amendment progress and future plan. 42. Please present detailed plans to effectively ensure basic rights of children in child welfare facilities, including independent supervision and exclusive monitoring agency. 17