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department responsible for human rights business management, submitted the outcome of their
checklist self-test, and announced their intention to work on the recommendations. This effort
helped create a general consensus on the need for human rights-centered business management.
However, as a follow-up, only ten institutions internally and externally announced their
human rights business management declaration, showing that no specific actions were taken to
monitor their human rights commitment in a sustainable manner.
Thus, the Commission determined that the inclusion of human rights elements in the nonfinancial assessment categories would help create an institutional framework for public
institutions to ensure human rights in a more concrete and effective way, rather than making a
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mere declaration.
Given the characteristics and serious side effects of child abuse, the Commission sees it
important to find victims of child abuse, and effectively protect them, as their interest is of the
highest priority. Thus, on 19 May, it recommended legal amendment and policy improvement to
the ministers of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health and Welfare
to prevent child abuse and protect the human rights of child victims.
To the Minister of Health and Welfare, it recommended the establishment of a single reporting
channel for institutions that have the obligation to report. This would facilitate reporting,
provide victims professional help, clearly identify those that should be held accountable, expand
children shelters, and introduce the system of foster care homes with funding considerations. It
also recommended ways for children with foreign nationality or no nationality to receive proper
protection regardless of their status of sojourn.
To the Minister of Justice, the Commission recommended amendment to the Special Act on
the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes to make the appointment of court-appointed attorney
and court-appointed assistant mandatory for child victims who are under investigation or in a
trial.
The Commission also recommended amendments to the relevant regulations so that
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B. Recommendation to prevent child abuse and protect the human rights
of child victims