Commission's Major Activities National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 a discriminatory act, or for not requiring special remedies was 6,740 (29.8%). Those rejected because the complaint was dropped or remedial actions were already underway under different statutes totaled 13,613 (60.2%). Looking at the discrimination complaints handled in 2016, 70 cases resulted in a recommendation for institutional improvements, human rights education, or disciplinary action. Of these, 19 were related to disabilities, 19 to sexual harassment, 8 to age, and 5 to race. Also, 36 discrimination complaints were closed by settlement among the parties involved. [Table 2-2-5] Discrimination complaints handled in the last five years (in number of cases) Accepted Year Received Handled Cumu23,410 22,627 lative Charged or invesSub-total tigation requested Not accepted Disciplinary action recommended Recommendation Closed Conciliaby settleSub-total Rejected tion ment 1,987 14 17 1,231 691 34 20,482 13,613 Transferred Investigation susdismissed pended 129 6,740 158 2016 2,432 2,407 117 2 4 66 36 9 2,290 1,669 12 609 - 2015 2,180 2,016 78 - 5 36 36 1 1,929 1,338 7 584 9 2014 2,197 2,223 162 2 2 62 95 1 2,034 1,273 7 754 27 2013 2,496 2,858 216 1 1 101 111 2 2,621 1,631 11 979 21 2012 2,549 2,559 216 1 2 170 41 2 2,321 1,312 2 1,007 22 * Handled cases: Cases received and closed in 2016 + cases that were carried forward and closed * Of the cases rejected, the cumulative total of those dropped by the complainant is 8,217, with 1,082 dropped in 2016. * The cumulative figures total the numbers from the time the Commission was established (25 November 2001) to 31 December 2016. 64