Opinions on the first National Report of
Korea on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
and Article 22 prescribes inspection of accessible facilities on their compliance
with detailed criteria. However, laws subordinate to the Convenience
Enhancement Act do not include specific standards to enforce such
inspections set forth in Article 22.
2) Recommendation
① Accessibility to facilities is an essential prerequisite for persons with disabilities
to lead an ordinary life and participate in social activities on an equal basis with
persons without disabilities. Therefore, the government should devise
measures to assure persons with disabilities accessibility to even small-scale
facilities (300m2 or less) and workplaces with a small number of employees
(30 full-timers or fewer) in the long term. To that end, it is necessary to revise
the Anti-Discrimination Act against Persons with Disabilities. The enforcement
decree of the Convenience Enhancement Act and the enforcement decree of
the Movement Convenience Enhancement Act also need amendments in
order to keep the detailed criteria of accessible facilities up to date.
② For the continuous and periodic inspection and improvement of organizations
which are obliged to install accessible facilities, detailed rules should be
included in subordinating laws to the Convenience Enhancement Act in order
to enforce the guidance and supervision on the installation and operation of
accessible facilities for persons with disabilities set forth in Article 10 and the
installation of accessible facilities and the inspection of their compliance with
specific criteria as prescribed in Article 22 of the Act.
6.
Article 11. Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies
6.1
Security assurance for persons with disabilities in case of emergencies
1) Current status and problems
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