National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2019
migrant rights groups have demanded the Commission to be more closely involved in migrant
rights issues, prompting the latter to take timely responses to these issues.
To promote the rights of children who cannot represent their interests on their own, the
Commission made recommendations to exclude minors from the health insurance payment
liability. It also recommended a revision to the relevant regulations and procedures to ensure early
detection of children of incarcerated parents who need protection .
For the best interests of children, the Commission expressed an opinion for the provision of
management of children’s fingerprint information through operation of fingerprint door locks risk
Commission expressed an opinion that the safety of children should be protected in ways that
minimize restrictions on their fundamental rights .
Regarding discrimination-related petitions, the Commission worked to establish clear criteria for
justified discrimination, as discrimination can occur for reasons other than the 19 reasons listed in
the NHRCK Act (gender, religion, disabilities, age, etc.), and focused on countering discrimination
deemed unjustified.
With respect to gender discrimination, the Commission found a need to change fixed gender
roles and gender stereotypes, including the perception that certain jobs must be performed by
women or concept of jangson is male-centered. It also concluded that unjustified employment
practices, such as excluding women from promotion for a long time, constitute gender
discrimination, and recommended actions for change.
In relation to sexual harassment, the Commission concluded that it is sexual harassment to
force an instructor to wear revealing clothes for sexual objectification or to ask a subordinate
out and create a hostile work environment otherwise. As to sexual orientation, it recommended
improved treatment for transgender prisoners and redress of facility access denials based on sexual
orientation.
In the area of discrimination based on disabilities, the Commission saw that restricting the use
of sports facilities by a person with disabilities without consideration of the degree and type of
disability constitute an act of discrimination. It also found the refusal to allow a guide dog into
restaurant discriminatory. These incidents highlighted the need to change public perceptions of
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excessively limiting children’s right to information self-determination without a legal basis. The
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right-sized spoons for children during school meals. The Commission found that collection and
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