The cumulative number of human rights violation petitions from the launch of the Commission through the end of 2018 stands at 101,147. Petitions related to detention facilities rank first at 29,686 (29.3%), followed by petitions concerning group care facilities at 24,841 (24.6%), petitions concerning the police at 19,833 (19.8%), and petitions concerning other national institutions at 7,503 (7.4%). Overall, the number of petitions in 2018 recorded a downturn, with petitions related to detention and group care facilities and the police accounting for the majority. Petitions related to schools and public service-related organizations, which became subject to investigations in 2012 with the amendment of the NHRCK Act, had been on B. Petitions Processed More than 8,000 human rights violation petitions per year were processed over the past several years. However, the number of human rights violation petitions processed in 2018 stands at 7,717, a decrease by 863 from the previous year. This is deemed to be the result of dispatching investigation staff to task forces related to pending issues such as the Special Team for the Sexual Harassment and Molestation Investigation and Institutional Improvement and conducting large-scale ex officio investigations of sexual harassment and sexual violence within the prosecution and of the en masse defection of North Korean workers from a restaurant in China. The number of remedied cases of human rights violation petitions in 2018 reached 670, a decrease by 206 (23.5%) compared to the previous year. This is attributable to the decline in the cases resolved during investigation (down by 261 cases). The downturn was clearly manifested in protection facilities for accommodating multiple people (down by 162 cases) and detention facilities (down by 45 cases). The number of cases for which recommendations were made was similar to that of 2017, but the number of cases for which criminal investigations were requested dropped compared to 2017. For these reasons, the rate of remedied human rights violations11) fell from 10.2% in 2017 to 8.7% in 2018. 11) Rate of remedied human rights violations: Number of remedied cases / Number of petitions processed (%) National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2018 85 Part 2 | Commission's Major Activities a continued rise but decreased in 2018.