www.humanrights.go.kr ● Restricted use of mobile phones in middle schools and high schools The Commission received several related complaints. Complainant 1 of A Middle School claimed that the School Life Regulations prohibiting students from carrying or possessing mobile phones in the school prevented him from making urgent calls to his parents; complainant 2 of B High School, complainant 3 of C High School, and another complainant claimed that the Dormitory Operation and School Life Regulations, which prohibit the possession of mobile phones, prevented them from freely communicating with their families and friends on weekdays. The feedback that A Middle School received from students and their parents regarding the 73.0% and 54.9%, respectively, in favour of easing or removing this rule. In the case of B and there are only four public phones inside the dormitories, while other phones in the schools required teacher permission and a reason for making the call, causing possible privacy issues. Hence, even though the defendants restricted the use of mobile phones for the benefit of education and public interest, the Commission viewed that they prevented students from communicating with their families and friends for excessive periods of time. For this reason, on 16 May, the Commission recommended that the principals of these schools consider the opinions of school constituents and come up with ways to relax the restrictions. ● Violation of freedom of expression regarding distribution of handouts at school gate The complainant filed a grievance stating that the disciplinary action taken by the superintendent of the XX Office of Education against him regarding the distribution of a handout at the school gate after school hours violated his freedom of expression. The handout, which criticized the school’s restrictive student hair code was part of his campaign to guarantee students’human rights. The Commission determined that the disciplinary action taken by the school on the grounds that distribution of handouts “is an instigation of students that could cause disorder” constituted an infringement upon the freedom of expression. The Commission, on 29 September, recommended that the superintendent of the XX Office 59 Commission's Major Activities C high schools, many students were having difficulties making calls when they wanted because Part II all-out prohibition of mobile phone in the 2012 amendment of the School Life Regulations was