Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities independence and guarantees the status of its human resources. Pursuant to Article 33, Clause 2 of the Convention, the Commission fulfills the status and role of a monitoring organization which promotes, protects and supervises the implementation of the Convention in Korea. ② However, the government reduced the Commission’s organization and number of employees by 21.4% in April 2009 (208 employees in 2008 →164 in 2009, reduced by 44 employees). Although the number of employees was increased in part with the installation of the Anti-Discrimination Division in October 2011 and currently stands at 188 as of the end of June 2014, the Commission is still understaffed with investigators, which undermines its capability to provide fast remedies for discrimination against disabilities and monitor the implementation of the Convention. 2) Recommendation In order to achieve the complete social participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities and protect and promote their human rights, the rights of persons with disabilities who are discriminated due to their disability should be swiftly remedied. To that end, the government should expand and strengthen the function of the Commission, which is exclusively responsible for dealing with complaints for discrimination against persons with disabilities pursuant to the provisions of the Anti-Discrimination for Persons with Disabilities Act and the National Human Rights Commission Act, by ensuring the independence of the Commission in terms of organization, human resources, and budget, and actively increase its manpower so that there is a sufficient number of investigating officers conducting investigations on complaint cases. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 42