Opinions on the first National Report of
Korea on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
2) Recommendation
The government should first conduct an investigation on the implementation of
mandatory education to raise awareness on persons with disabilities in public
institutions, businesses and schools. It should amend relevant laws to impose
sanctions on organizations and businesses which do not conduct such education
programs, and establish measures so that the education program itself can
effectively contribute to preventing and rectifying discrimination against
disabilities, instead of simply being a superficial program..
5.
Article 9. Accessibility
5.1
Accessibility to facilities
1) Current status and problems
① After the Anti-Discrimination Act against Persons with Disabilities came into
effect in 2008, a total of 6,540 complaints were filed with the Commission until
the end of 2013. Among them, complaints related to accessibility to facilities
were 881 cases (13.5%), of which 614 (69.7%) were filed by persons with
physical disabilities and 137 (15.6%) were filed by persons with visual
disabilities, indicating that disabled persons, given the nature of their disability,
faced the most discrimination in the area of accessibility to facilities.
② In particular, the fact that 421 (47.8%) out of 881 complaints were related to
accessibility to facilities in public organizations indicates that public
organizations have a greater responsibility to guarantee accessibility to
facilities. Public organizations, compared with private organizations, have yet
to improve accessibility to their facilities. According to the result of the 2013
Survey on Accessible Facilities for Persons with Disabilities conducted by the
Ministry of Health and Welfare, the installation rate of accessible facilities in the
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