ANNUAL REPORT 2015
2. issued a policy recommendation for the promotion of the right to education in the integrated
education environment for the disabled on July 2nd;
3. held a discussion meeting on mobile accessibility for people with visual or hearing
disadvantages on September 1st;
4. submitted an opinion to the Constitutional Court to point out the unconstitutionality
in ‘hospitalization of a patient through his/her legal guardian’, the center piece of the
involuntary admission of people with mental disability (May 11th);
5. expressed an opinion to guarantee the right to vote for people with mental disabilities in
residential care facilities on April 16th;
6. conducted on-site monitoring on the compliance level of the Act on the Prohibition of
Discrimination against Disabled Persons and Remedy against Infringement of Their Rights,
etc. (Anti-Disability Discrimination Act), in 90 national, public, and private universities and
tourist lodging facilities, and published the research results; and
7. formulated a five-year monitoring plan (from 2016 to 2020) on the compliance level of the
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
To promote the human rights of women, the Commission has:
1. conducted a survey on the status of human rights and maternity protection measures for
female workers in the field of public health care from May 6th to November 3rd;
2. conducted a survey on the status of secondary victimization of sexual harrassment and
measures for prevention and remedy from May 6th to November 5th;
3. conducted a survey on the status of health rights of service and sales workers in the
distribution industry from May 14th to November 13th;
4. conducted a suo motu investigation to improve policies regarding leave of absence from
school for graduate students due to pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare;
5. distributed 20,000 copies of the Guide to Sexual Harassment Prevention in schools; and
6. expressed an opinion on the 8th National Report to be submitted to the UN Committee on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW) on July
13th.
To promote the human rights of immigrants and migrants and overseas Koreans, the
Commission has:
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