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[Table 2-2-4] Complaints received by reason of discrimination in the last five years
(in number of cases)
Others
Medical history
44 199
Academic background
Criminal record
16 162 135
Sexual orientation
Ideology
Place of origin
Religion
15 107
Skin color
Race
Ethnicity
Social status
Country of origin
Age
Disability
Sexual harassment
Family status
Appearance
Marriage
Gender
Pregnancy Birth
Total
Year received
Cumula23,410 734 225 109 301 172 2,184 10,970 1,500 1,904 374
tive
81 584 393 3,201
8
13
17
22 199 1,489
97
87
27
-
8
1
15
8
8
10
3
22
31 276
2015 2,187
65
21
10
23
12 203 1,146
98 117
23
-
10
4
6
8
2
10
11
23
17 378
2014 2,197
64
14
6
21
15 235 1,139 103 158
48
3
18
2
15
19
-
13
11
36
28 249
2013 2,496
64
18
5
31
23 240 1,312 142 146
35
-
18
1
11
13
4
19
8 124
39 243
2012 2,549
45
27
6
40
8 228 1,340 166 185
9
1
1
1
12
6
2
20
15
47
34 356
* The cumulative figures total the numbers from the time the Commission was established (25 November 2001) to 31 December 2016.
C. Statistics of complaints handled
From the time it was established to the end of 2016, the Commission received a total of
23,410 discrimination complaints, of which 22,627 (96.7%) were closed.
Of those closed, 1,987 (8.8%) were admitted and 20,482 (90.5%) dismissed. Of those
that were admitted, 1,248 complaints, or 5.5% of the total, resulted in a recommendation
for institutional improvement, human rights education, or disciplinary action, with the
discriminatory acts recognized as having infringed on the rights to equality. Also, 691
complaints, or 3.1%, were closed through consensual agreement among the parties involved
during investigation.
The number of cases reaching a settlement through the conciliation process stipulated under
Article 42 of the NHRC Act was 34, while in 14 cases the Commission requested a criminal
investigation or reported criminal charges, because criminal punishment was deemed necessary.
The number of complaints dismissed for lack of objective evidence materials, for not being
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