National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2017 81 D. Protective facilities ● Unfair body search conducted by a nurse in a psychiatric hospital On 7 February, the Commission recommended the director of Hospital X to establish regulations on hazardous materials and harmful items, take disciplinary actions against a nurse who conducted an unfair body search of a patient, and train the hospital staff to prevent unfair body search. The Commission found that instructions were given by the hospital director to conduct rigorous inspections of patients’ personal items when the latter go out or take leave. However, the hospital provided no established internal regulations on what constitute dangerous materials nurse conducted the search, which included hand contact with the breasts and looking inside Part 2 or tools, or how the search should be conducted. Despite a protest from the complainant, the the underwear with the naked eye, without providing explicit information about the reason concluded that the nurse’s act was sufficient enough for the patient to feel humiliation. ● Negligence at a shelter for the disabled On 6 March, the Commission recommended the president of Social Welfare Corporation X to issue a disciplinary warning to the director of Rehabilitation Center X for neglecting abuses among facility residents and providing poor meals. It also recommended the director of the rehabilitation center to issue disciplinary warnings to its instructors and nurses, and to provide psychological assistance and better life service support tailored to the residents’ disabilities, and organize job training for the staff. The Commission found that the facility had victim A and victim B, who have different disabilities, share the same room and did not provide service support, despite the obligation to provide the necessary housing, convalescence, and life support to its residents, and to protect their human rights. The facility had victim A provide life support for victim B for several years, and neglected its obligation to keep the victims safe from inhumane and belittling treatments. Commission's Major Activities and method of the inspection, or obtaining consent from the complainant. The Commission