Key Activities service review body be established separately from the Ministry of National Defense and the Military Manpower Administration, and that its members be appointed by consultation between the chairperson of the Commission and the Minister of National Defense, and also that the reexamination body should be separate from the review committee. The Commission found it necessary to include social welfare and safety management facilities as potential service locations based on the idea and intent of conscientious objection, and to align forms of services with the needs of services performed. Considering the level of difficulty and the forms of service, the term of alternative service should be readjusted to active duty levels following an intermediary assessment of the effects and side effects of the alternative service system. For convicted conscientious objectors, the Commission expressed the opinion to the Defense Minister that, considering a Supreme Court ruling that conscientious objectors are not guilty, legal provisions should be made on pardon, reinstatement, and clearance of criminal records. B. ‌Opinion Regarding the Proposed Report of Korea as a State Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities On February 25, the Commission expressed an opinion regarding the second and third state report (draft) of Korea (Ministry of Health and Welfare being the primary ministry responsible) as a state party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In recommending improvements to the state report, the Commission expressed the view that it is difficult to understand how well the country is implementing or complying with the list of issues published by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as the plans listed in the report are abstract and unsupported by available statistics; there is a lack of detailed description regarding the implementation of the list of issues and the proposed policies are not accompanied with budgetary information;, and the report must reflect a strong commitment of the government to ratify the Optional Protocol. All state parties to the CRPD are obliged to submit regular reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with an update of the human rights situations of persons with disabilities. Korea’s proposed state report contains information on how the rights have been implemented from 2011 to 2018. The Committee’s review of Korea is scheduled for the first half of 2021. 42