Commission's Major Activities National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016 went on to say, “I have asked you to invite a discipline instructor when opening a new group chatroom of three or more people,” and “you can be punished for violation of instructions if you do not comply with this rule.” The Commission determined that this requirement exceeded its purpose to encourage cadets not to engage in defamatory remarks against others through group chatrooms, and to use SNS for sound and positive purposes, such as meetings, information sharing, and conversations, and was an infringement of the cadets’freedom of personal life guaranteed under Article 17 of the Constitution. C. ‌Detention facilities and protective facilities (excluding facilities for persons with disabilities and mental health care institutions) ● Non-delivery of official postal mail to foreigners in foreigner shelter On 12 April, the Commission recommended that the director of a foreigner shelter improve the method of delivery of postal mail to ensure it reached the addressee. The shelter's failure to properly manage postal mail delivery, including verification as to whether or not the mail was delivered to the recipient in the shelter, is a violation of the freedom of communication guaranteed under Article 18 of the Constitution. A Supreme Court notice addressed to a foreigner at the shelter was delivered to the shelter on 26 October 2015 (received by shelter staff XXX). Though the shelter maintained a registered mail ledger indicating date received, sender, receiver, subject, person in charge, and person verifying, there was no allocated space for the addressee’s signature that could show whether the person to whom the Supreme Court notice was addressed had actually received the mail. The Commission made the above recommendation based on the fact that it is the obligation of the shelter to protect foreigners who are in the facility, that it must actively guarantee the users a line of communication with the outside world to ensure minimum separation between life at the shelter and life outside. After all, the shelter is meant to protect foreigners awaiting deportation or expatriation under the Immigration Control Act and is not a correctional facility. Also considered was the importance of ensuring that all legal documents and those related with relief procedures reach the hands of those to whom they are addressed. 54

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