15 2) Questions 62. Does the government have a plan to guarantee the protection of privacy and protection of image of children at school? 63. Does the government have a detailed guideline on the use of security camera installed in schools? Does the government understand how the school security cameras are being used to discipline students? D. Violence against Children (Arts. 19, 24, para. 3, 28, para. 2, 34, 37 (a), and 39) 1. Child Abuse and Neglect Issue 22. Child Abuse Report 1) Current status 64. According to the 2016 National Child Abuse Status Report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and National Child Protection Agency, the number of reports of suspected child abuse has increased from 7,083 in 2007 to 25,878 in 2016, 5,581 in 2007 and 18,700 in 2016 confirmed as child abuse. Among them, the number of reports filed by mandatory reporters was 2,284 in 2007 and 8,288 in 2016, respectively 32.2% and 30% of the total reports. 65. The report showed that the Child Abuse Discovery Rate, the ratio of the number of child from confirmed child abuse cases to 1,000 children of child population, was 2.15‰, showing the highest rate of increase since 2001 when the rate started to be measured for the first time. However, the figure is still lower than 9.2‰ of the U.S. in 2015 and an average of 8.5‰ in the Australia from 2015 to 2016. Experts say that the low figure of Korea is not because of less child abuse cases, but because of less disclosure of child abuse which is also related to low reporting rates. 66. In 2016, the NHRCK recommended to the Minister of Health and Welfare to devise a guidelines to unify the reporting system of the mandatory reporting facilities and explicitly define who has the responsibility to report, establish more shelters for victims of child abuse, introduce a specialized foster care system, and garner the necessary budget. In response, the Ministry of Health and Welfare stated that it would amend report-related guidelines in the first half of the 2017, and also garnered budgets to establish seven new child abuse victim’s shelter in 2017.