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F. Opinion expressed regarding no additional search conducted on
sunken vessel
Regarding a petition (20-jinjeong-0197500) that suspension of additional search into Stellar
infringement of human rights, the Commission dismissed it as the petitioner had filed a suit against
the government and the trial was ongoing.
However, the Commission expressed opinion based on conclusion that recurrence of such
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Daisy, which sank on March 31, 2017 in international waters in the South Atlantic Ocean, is
accidents should be prevented through thorough investigation of the cause of the sinking and that
additional deep-sea search is needed. The Commission had on several occasions claimed that it is
the obligation of the state to guarantee people’s life and bodily safety in casualty incidents.
giving a recommendation. Their position was that the right to grieve, which is a right to pursue
happiness under Article 10 of the Constitution, of the families of the missing was infringed upon
as the state failed to fulfill its obligation by not conducting a search inside the steering house and
not recovering any remains during a state-sponsored deep sea search, and also failed to extract data
from the recovered Voyage Data Recorder (VDR).
On September 2, the Commission expressed opinion to the head of a district that the district
office is advised to take the necessary actions for construction of an Islamic mosque to be
resumed, and also recommended that advertising materials containing hate speech, which can
cause racial discrimination or other forms of human rights infringement under item 5 of Paragraph
2, Article 5 of the Act on the Management of Outdoor Advertisements and Promotion of Outdoor
Advertisement Industry, be removed or other necessary actions be taken in accordance with Article
10 of the same Act.
Regarding a petition (21-jinjeong-0426300) that the district office’s notice for suspension of
construction due to resident complaints is discrimination, the Commission dismissed it for the
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G. Opinion expressed and recommendation made regarding
unjustified suspension of mosque construction and hate speech
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Also, four human rights commissioners who were opposed to expression of opinion supported