[Table 2-2-3] Human Rights Violation Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years
Remedied
Year
Submitted
Processed
Criminal
RecomLegal
Subtotal investigation mendations, aid rerequested
etc.
quested
Cumulative 101,147 99,365 11,892
sum
145
2,564
19
Dismissed
Investigation
suspended
15 1,795 7,354 56,761 1,386 28,786
540
Closed
by settlement
Mediation
Resolved Rejected
during
investigation
Transferred
2018
7,070
7,717
670
3
209
-
-
124
334 4,704
76 2,251
16
2017
9,144
8,580
876
8
210
-
4
59
595 5,421
96 2,164
23
2016
8,161
8,424
903
19
179
1
9
122
573 4,956
82 2,452
31
2015
8,499
8,795
858
8
133
-
-
277
440 5,101
79 2,705
52
2014
8,708
8,093
728
21
78
1
-
229
399 4,890
48 2,387
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*The cumulative sum is the total from November 25, 2001 (the date of the establishment of the Commission), to December 31, 2018.
*Recommendations, etc.: Sum of recommendations made for settlements, remedial action, disciplinary action, and emergency remedies, to
which recommended institutions are obligated to confirm whether they accept such recommendations under the National Human Rights
Commission of Korea Act
*Resolved during investigation: Cases resolved smoothly or without the need to take remedial measures thanks to the efforts of or
mediation by investigators among the cases rejected or dismissed
*Rejected and dismissed: Cases closed by rejection or dismissal excluding those resolved during investigation
By institution type, the number of processed petitions related to group care facilities stood
at 2,047, followed by detention facilities at 1,871, the police at 1,546, schools at 576, and local
governments at 342. We remedied 153 human rights violations related to the police, 134 to
group care facilities, 117 to schools, 97 to detention facilities, and 54 to the military.
2. Ex Officio and Visiting Investigations
A. Ex Officio Investigations
We conducted an ex officio investigation of a childcare institution that attempted to hospitalize
one of the resident children under its care in a mental hospital for undergoing double-eyelid
surgery without permission. The investigation revealed that the institution had hospitalized or
attempted to hospitalize many children in mental hospitals under the pretext that they caused
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