National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2019
C. Petitions Processed by Category
From the time it was established through December 2019, the Commission received a total of
29,897 discrimination-related petitions, of which 95.3% were closed.
Looking at the petitions closed in 2019, ten more cases were processed compared to the previous
year, but there were 434 less petitions that were remedied. The marked decrease in the number
of petitions remedied is in contrast to the spike in the number in the previous year. In 2018, 244
petitions related to the Army’s tracking down of sexual minorities were closed all together with a
closed all together as resolved during investigation.
(Unit : cases)
Remedied
20
1,977
57
778
Mediation
Resolved during investigation
Recommendations,
etc.
8,169
Closed by settlement
Criminal investigation
requestedRejected
Cumula31,217 29,897
tive
Subtotal
Classifica- Submit- Protion
ted cessed
InvestiReject- TransDisgation
ed
ferred missed suspended
5,339 14,991
142
6,428
165
2019
2,455
2,451
512
2
248
1
39
222
1,300
5
631
3
2018
2,185
2,441
946
3
338
7
19
579
1,017
2
475
1
2017
3,152
2,375
725
1
147
15
29
533
1,098
6
543
3
2016
2,432
2,410
559
2
70
9
36
442
1,416
12
423
-
2015
2,188
2,016
428
-
40
1
36
351
1,134
7
438
9
* The cumulative sum is the total from November 25, 2001 (the date of the establishment of the Commission), to December 31, 2019.
* Recommendations, etc.: Sum of recommendations made for settlements, remedial action, disciplinary action, and emergency remedies,
to which recommended institutions are obligated to confirm whether they accept such recommendations under the National Human
Rights Commission of Korea Act
* Resolved during investigation: Cases resolved smoothly or without the need to take remedial measures thanks to the efforts of or
mediation by investigators among the cases rejected or dismissed
* Rejected and dismissed: Cases closed by rejection or dismissal excluding those resolved during investigation
95
Key Activities
[Table 2-2-6] Discrimination Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years
Part 2
recommendation, and 208 collective petitions submitted by persons with visual disabilities were