Information on the Implementation of
the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of
Korea
2) Recommendation
① In order to achieve the complete social participation and inclusion of persons
with disabilities and protect and promote their human rights, the rights of persons with disabilities who were discriminated due to their disability must be
swiftly remedied. To this end, the government should expand and strengthen
the function of the Commission, which is exclusively responsible for handling
complaints for discrimination against persons with disability pursuant to the
provisions of the Anti-Discrimination for Persons with Disabilities Act and the
National Human Rights Commission Act by ensuring the independence of the
Commission in terms of its organization, manpower, and budget, and actively
increase its manpower so that there is a sufficient number of investigating officers conducting investigations on complaint cases.
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