National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2021 sports where there is a lack of oversight, calls for revision of the Private Teaching Institutes Act in order to remove blind spots. ■ ‌Policy recommendation to protect and promote the rights of student athletes with disabilities Based on the result of a survey of the human rights conditions of student athletes with disabilities, the Commission on April 8 established and recommended various proposals to improve the situation. It recommended the Minister of Health and Welfare, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Director of the Sports Ethics Center to conduct routine monitoring of availability of convenience facilities in public sports facilities and associated detailed criteria in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, including the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers (hereinafter “Convenience for Persons with Disabilities, etc. Act”), plan for more suitable facilities, equipment, and convenience in public sports facilities for persons with disabilities, increase education and promotion of the intent of the National Sports Promotion Act and the programs/procedures that are in place for reporting human rights violations and corruption in sports, and establish investigation procedures and processes that accommodate types and characteristics of disabilities by applying the provisions on legal services assistance for persons with disabilities in the Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, Civil Procedure Act, and Criminal Procedure Act. The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Sports Ethics Center all accepted the Commission’s recommendations. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced a plan to survey convenience facilities in all sports facilities in 2023, after which it would propose detailed criteria for convenience installation, and consider revising the Enforcement Rule of the Convenience for Persons with Disabilities, etc. Act. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submitted a plan to educate national team athletes on reporting procedures, support the Sports Ethics Center to develop reporting guidelines for athletes with disabilities, and incorporate special human rights classes for sports instructors with disabilities. 80