Key Activities
[Table 2-2-3] Human Rights Violation Petitions Processed in the Last Five Years
(Unit : cases)
Remedied
Year
Criminal
RecomResolved Rejected
Submitted Processed
investiLegal aid Media- Closed by
Subtotal
mendaduring ingation
requested tion settlement
tions, etc.
vestigation
requested
Cumulative
108,214 106,014 12,422
sum
148
2,809
19
15
1,817
InvestiTransgation
Dismissed
ferred
suspended
7,614 60,921 1,511 30,609
551
2019
7,072
6,635
531
3
244
-
-
24
260
4,157
125
1,815
7
2018
7,064
7,719
668
3
209
-
-
122
334
4,703
76
2,254
18
2017
9,144
8,585
876
8
210
-
4
59
595
5,422
96
2,166
25
2016
8,164
8,424
903
19
179
1
9
122
573
4,956
82
2,452
31
2015
8,499
8,795
858
8
133
-
-
277
440
5,101
79
2,705
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* 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
In 2019, looking at the number of petitions processed by type of institutions, 1,625 were related
to detention facilities, 1,540 to multi-user care facilities, 1,249 to the police, 556 to educational
institutions, 445 to central administrative agencies, and 369 to local governments. In terms of
remedied cases, 126 were related to multi-user care facilities, 104 to educational institutions, 70 to
the police, 53 to local governments, 35 to central administrative agencies, and 31 to the military.
2. Ex Officio Investigations and On-site Inspections
A. Ex Officio Investigations
Following the death in April of a junior high school girl who reported to the police that she was
raped, the Commission conducted an ex officio investigation into the police’s victim protection
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