[Table 1-1-1] Subcommittees and Their Areas of Responsibility
Areas of responsibility
Committee on Human
Rights Violations I
Ex officio investigations on human rights violations by the prosecution, police, National
Intelligence Service, National Assembly, and courts
Ex officio investigations for petitions concerning the military
Visiting investigations concerning the police and military
Committee on Human
Rights Violations II
Ex officio investigations on human rights violations by detention and protection
facilities (excluding mental healthcare facilities and those for children and persons with
disabilities), other national institutions, local governments, etc.
Visiting investigations for detention and protection facilities
Committee on
Discrimination Remedy
Ex officio and visiting investigations on acts of discrimination motivated by reasons
specified in the National Human Rights Commission of Korea Act (excluding "disability")
and by other reasons
Committee on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
Ex officio and visiting investigations on acts of discrimination based on disabilities and
human rights violations at facilities for persons with disabilities and mental healthcare
Committee on Child Rights
Ex officio investigations on human rights infringement against children under 19
(excluding persons with disabilities)
Ex officio and visiting investigations for human rights violations committed at
protection facilities for children, juvenile reformatories, etc.
■ Conciliation Committees
To facilitate prompt and fair mediation on petitions, the Commission operates Conciliation
Committees for human rights violations, acts of discrimination, sexual discrimination, and
disability-motivated discrimination. Conciliation Committees members are selected among
human rights experts with professional knowledge and experience who have worked in a related
national or private institution for at least ten years; those who have served as a judge, prosecutor,
military judicial officer, or lawyer for at least ten years; or those who have held the position of
assistant professor or higher at a college or a government-certified research institute for at least
ten years.
Each Conciliation Committee comprises three members: a committee chairperson who is a
commissioner and two mediation members (external members).
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