the Sewol Ferry accident, closure of “substitute cells”, and establishment of military ombudsman office. 25. The Korean government provided follow-up information on 14 March 2019 accordingly6. But other than that, the position and follow-ups to the recommendations stated in the concluding observations are not disclosed, so effective monitoring and adequacy evaluation are difficult. 26. The NHRCK requested the Ministry of Justice for Korean government’s implementation reports to the Committee on the concluding observations on the third to fifth periodic reports of Korea (excluding CAT/C/KOR/CO/3-5/ADD.1) and other implementation data. However, the Ministry of Justice answered as non-existence and non-retention, respectively. Questions 27. Please inform us whether the Korean government would disclose or not the follow-ups of the concluding observations on the third to fifth periodic reports of Korea under the U.N. “Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment”. Issue 2: Improvement of Detention Conditions and Protection of Rights Status 6 CAT/C/KOR/CO/3-5/ADD.1. 12