those recognized as refugees are being treated and presented the results on September 19. We
plan to develop specific improvement measures based on the results.
Producing and Distributing Materials to Improve Awareness on Refugees
We realized the need to deliver accurate information and counter the spread of groundless fear
and rumors about asylum-seekers after the controversy over asylum-seekers from Yemen on
Jeju Island led to the request posted on the website of Cheong Wa Dae to abolish the Refugee
Act. In this context, we produced and distributed materials to improve awareness on refugees.
Ensuring the Connection of Public Phones in the Military with the Commission's
Counseling Service Number (1331)
We improved soldiers' right to receive human rights counseling and to file a petition by
ensuring the connection of public phones in the military with the Commission's counseling
service number (1331).
After receiving a petition that public phones in the military did not connect to the
Commission's counseling service number of 1331 without a telephone exchange number, we
randomly selected over ten military camps and found that the intercept message your call cannot
be completed was heard when 1331 was dialed at some military camps. We checked with each
public phone service provider and discovered that disconnection was caused by a technical
problem with the Internet Protocol. At our request, the Ministry of National Defense resolved
the disconnection problem for all public phones in the military.
Introducing the Commission's Petitioning Procedures in Korea Army Training
Center's Guidebook on New Recruit Training and Publishing the Commission's
Military-Related Precedents Serially in The Kook Bang Ilbo
On July 24, with the launch of the Armed Forces Human Rights Investigation Division,
the chairperson (standing commissioner Choi Hye-ri) of the Committee on Human Rights
Violations I visited Korea Army Training Center to encourage trainees. During this visit, the
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F. Protecting Human Rights of Military Personnel