certain country (△△△) as a commodity subject to discount. Accordingly, the Commission considered that it had the potential to spread racial prejudice against women from certain country (△△△) in Korean society. The Commission thus recommended to Mayor of OO City to come up with preventive measures concerning the erection of the banner with this racial discriminatory expression and to provide human rights education to related staffs. 9) Human Rights Violation against a North Korean Defector A complaint was received from a North Korean defector who entered South Korea via Thailand and was admitted to the North Korean Defectors Settlement Support Office (hereafter "Hanawon") on February 17, 2009. The defector raised a problem concerning unfair treatment by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Thailand. Then, the head of Hanawon forced him to be admitted to OO Mental Clinic without informing his relatives residing in South Korea and that the director of OO Mental Hospital determined his forced hospitalization only listening to the explanation given by medical staffs at Hanawon. Although he was observed to have symptoms requiring hospitalization to mental hospital, the related laws provides that the legal guardian should be consulted upon. In the case that a controversy arises, the relevant authorities should undertake appropriate review and procedures. The head of Hanawon argued that he was unaware of presence of the defector's relative residing in South Korea so he performed as the guardian of the defector in absence of a resident registration document. However, the evidences of the Joint Interrogation Center, submitted by Hanawon, contained the contact details of the defector's uncle in South Korea. Thus, Hanawon neglected the responsibility to check the relevant information, merely explaining that its consultation with the relevant agencies such as the National Intelligence Service was difficult. It was deemed that the director of OO Mental Hospital played a leading role in the Chapter 3. Investigations and Remedies: Civil Rights Violations 79