1) That specific standards about the criteria and process used to determine the
individuals likely to commit a crime, the scope and methods of collecting information,
and the retention period of collected materials should be determined by the Act, not by
Presidential Decree;
2) That the Act should state the principle of direct, open and notified information
collection and the principle behind the ban on the collection of sensitive information; and
3) That measures to prevent information leakage during the processes of collecting and
managing information should be supplemented.
O. Opinion on Local Government's Rejection of the Establishment of Facility for
People with Disabilities
The NHRCK expressed its opinion on a case where the OO-county government did not
permit the establishment of a facility for the disabled. (December 10, 2012) Its opinion
was based on the grounds that the local government's rejection was deemed a hidden
discriminatory activity where the decision of rejection was mainly influenced by the
complaints of local residents against facilities for the disabled even though the
organization's account lacked comments about the disabled. The opinion is as follows:
1) That the local government should withdraw its nullification of previous construction
consultations that were in favor of the construction of the facility as well as its rejection to
initiate construction; and
2) That the local government should strive proactively to address discrimination
against people with disabilities by, for example, helping local residents come to a proper
understanding about the disabled.
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