In August, a person with severe disabilities who needed a caretaker 24 hours a day requested an emergency remedy for 24-hour activity assistance. We recommended that the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the local government with jurisdiction provide emergency activity assistance for the petitioner for 24 hours, and this recommendation was accepted. Ex Officio Investigations Article 30 (3) of the NHRCK Act provides that even if a petition has not been submitted, the Commission may initiate an ex officio investigation when it is deemed reasonable for a human rights violation or discrimination to have been committed and when such an act is recognized to be critical. In 2018, eight cases of ex officio investigations were initiated, and 11 were processed. Among the 11 processed cases, we presented recommendations for eight, requested a criminal investigation for one, made a recommendation for disciplinary action for one, and presented an opinion for one. Visiting Investigations Article 24 (1) of the NHRCK Act states that the Commission may, if deemed necessary, visit detention or protection facilities to conduct an investigation by its resolution. It was decided to conduct visiting investigations for eight cases, and three cases were processed. Recommendations were presented for two, and the investigation was terminated for one. Human Rights Counseling We provide guidance on remedial measures through telephone counseling and face-to-face counseling. We also operate counseling windows staffed by counselors specializing in human rights and tour regions deemed more vulnerable to human rights violations to offer counseling for social minorities. In 2018, this tour counseling, which originally targeted many and unspecified people, was slightly modified to deal with specific issues in a timely manner, such as the controversies over asylum-seekers from Yemen on Jeju Island and the deaths of an inmate at the Seoul Detention Center. 82 Commission's Major Activities