2) Questions
94. It has been suggested that the measures to protect the victims of child sexual abuse in the
course of criminal procedures and support them are not fully implemented or are not effective
enough. Does the Government have a plan to improve those measures? What actions does the
Government plan to take to correct the passive response of the schools in the event of child sexual
abuse and their half-hearted program for prevention of sexual abuse? Does the Government have a
system to monitor the implementation of the policy measures to prevent recurrence of sexual abuse
and evaluate the effectiveness of those measures? What measures has the Government drawn up in
response to the aforementioned NHRCK's recommendation in 2010?
2. Economic exploitation
Guaranteeing children's right to labor
1) Current situation
95. As is stated in the Periodic Report, child laborers are subject to special protection in Korea
(para. 501). Still, the reality is that many children are exposed to poor working conditions, suffering
unfair treatment and violations of the rights to health and education.
96. According to "The Supplementary Survey of the Economically Active Population Survey"
published in August 2009 by the Statistics Korea, every one in five of the children aged 15~19 had
a paid job, but 63.7% of the working children were paid less than the statutory minimum wage.
The Survey also found that 18.5% of them worked longer than 7 hours a day (which is the
statutory maximum workday for children) and only less than 10% were offered statutory working
conditions, including social insurance programs and retirement pay. "The Analysis on Youth
Part-time Jobs" (2010) published by the National Youth Policy Institute shows that 27.0% of the
responding student workers and 54.0% of the responding children outside school ever did overtime
work. Furthermore, they suffered verbal or physical violence or sexual harassment from customers,
employers or senior workers while at work. At some workplaces, the employer instruct a child
worker to take time off while he/she is not busy (for example, there are few customers at the store)
and does not pay him/her for the time. Nevertheless, the school curricula hardly contain the subject
of laborers' human rights that promotes the students' awareness about their rights as a worker.
97. In 2010, NHRCK recommended that the Government should figure out the status of the
aforementioned irregular practice; come up with an action to remove the practice; revise the relevant
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