C. Monitoring of the Human Rights of Children and Teenagers Centered
on the National Health Insurance System
We recognized the status and problems of the current system that requires minors to pay
national insurance contributions and conducted the Monitoring of the Human Rights of Children
and Teenagers Centered on the National Health Insurance System to protect and promote the
right to health of minors and explore policy improvements.
According to the monitoring, the obligation to pay national health insurance contributions is
imposed on minors of families with valueless land placed under distraint or on minors of low
income earned from part-time jobs, adding to their financial distress.
Today, national health insurance is more than just a healthcare instrument as it provides
scholarships, student loans, employment opportunities, and housing loans and is utilized as a
means of credit and earning capacity assessment. As such, it has a significant impact on minors.
D. Factual Survey on the Human Rights Conditions of Noncombat Military
Personnel
We examined the human rights conditions of noncombat military personnel such as soldiers
in charge of maintaining officers' residences and managing welfare facilities following media
reports on violations of their human rights and conducted the Factual Survey on the Human
Rights Conditions of Noncombat Military Personnel to seek policy improvement measures.
We also checked the implementation status of the inspection and phased improvement plans
conducted by the Ministry of National Defense.
The results show that the respondents are negative about the presence and effects of human
rights systems and policies. A multitude of problems were pointed out: no changes have been
made despite reports on human rights violations, poor follow-up measures by military units lead
to secondary damage such as retaliation against victims, victims are often labeled as misfits, and
the military system itself is insufficient for confidentiality. The respondents answered that human
rights violations are most frequently committed by noncommissioned officers against soldiers.
We plan to review different policy alternatives based on the results of the survey and develop
policy recommendations.
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