Annual Report 2013
Among them are: violence by the maritime police against Chinese
seamen, violence and sexual harassment scandals in an army division,
the overcrowded jails in big cities, human rights violations against the
people with intellectual disorder who have no relatives in group care
facilities;
discrimination
against
the
maternal
line
in
granting
auspicious and funeral leaves and allowances. In addition, five visit
investigations were performed on military detention facilities, children's
communal living families, and care facilities for foreigners.
Section 2. Human Rights Counseling and Complaint Filing
In 2013, the NHRCK received 10,050 complaints, 35,508 counseling
applications, and 36,670 civil petitions and inquiries for instructional
information (regarding investigations, the filing process, and other
organizations). The figures were increased by 468 (5.0%), 6,241 (21.3%),
and 5,728 (18.5%) respectively compared with 2012.
In case of civil petitions and inquiries, the rate of increase is not very
high because simple inquiries of, for example, telephone numbers have
not included since 2009. Since 2012, however, the rate of increase has
grown by a great degree.
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II. Major Activities of the Commission