Children Waiting for Adoption (‘the Campaign’)’ that included: i) there are alternative
ways to communicate the message without featuring actual children; ii) there isn’t
sufficient evidence of a video featuring children is significantly more effective than any
other methods considering that a culture of publicized adoption is yet to be widespread;
and iii)there is a possibility of adverse psychological impact of publicizing the adoption
suffered by adopted children or children suffering from discrimination by having personal
information disclosed to the public.
The Commission discouraged production and broadcasting of a video featuring actual
children awaiting adoption for their potential to violate the children’s right of publicity or
personality right and demanded for ways that are respectful of human rights. In addition,
the Commission emphasized that government agency that is the primary agent responsible
for protecting rights of children who are subject to particularly strong protection under the
Constitution of Korea and international human rights treaties must work to implement
fundamental and comprehensive plans to promote adoption that are respectful of human
rights. (June 16, 2011)
11) Opinion on Installing CCTV in Reading Room of City Library
The Commission construed that it was disinclined to rule it a violation of human rights
to install and operate CCTV for prevention of theft in compliance with appropriate
procedures beginning with gathering feedbacks from library users with a survey on
installing CCTV, notifying them of the installation, and operating in line with management
guidelines. However, the Commission expressed its opinion to the Director of XX City
Library that a reading room without CCTV monitoring should be offered in respect of the
right to self-determination of those who do not wish to be monitored. (July 14, 2011)
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12) Opinion on Deliberation of the 3 and 4 Government Report to the Committee on the
Rights of the Child (Opinion Report Submitted)
The Commission delivered its opinion to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in
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