Issue 36. Student athletes 132. In the Republic of Korea, student athletes are vulnerable to violence and sexual violence, particularly due to the unequal structure of power, the culture of hierarchy and the overemphasis on results in the name of the national interest. The 2007 scandal in which the head coach of a women's professional basketball team committed sexual violence against a player drew public attention to the violence and sexual violence in sports. In 2007, the NHRCK recommended the Government to find a solution to address student athletes' missing of school lessons, improve the training camp system, introduce the minimum educational attainment standards certification system and work out a comprehensive initiative to prevent and eliminate violence against student athletes. Later in 2008, the Government announced the Countermeasures to Eliminate Sexual Violence in Sports which includes the introduction of a measure to permanently expel the coaches who commit sexual violence and, in 2010, adopted the minimum educational attainment standards certification system. Additionally, in 2009, the Center of the Human Rights in Sports was inaugurated under the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and, in 2014, the Center for Reporting of 4 Major Crimes in Sports was set up under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 133. The NHRCK conducted a series of surveys to identify the human rights situations of: the athletes in elementary schools in 2006; the athletes in middle and high schools in 2008; the students who ceased to be athletes in 2009; and the athletes in colleges/universities in 2010. Based on the findings of these surveys, in 2010, the NHRCK formulated the Guideline on the Human Rights in Sports and recommended the Government to adopt and implement the Guideline. The Guideline on the Human Rights in Sports makes it clear that no discrimination or violence may be tolerated at any time when sports are enjoyed, calling for the streamlined national policy for the human rights in sports, the implementation of the measures to prevent violence and sexual violence in sports, including education for prevention, and the establishment of the remedial procedures for victims. 134. However, in early January of 2019, a short track speed skater of the Korean national team disclosed her having suffered violence and sexual violence from her coach, in the midst of the Me Too movement which was a worldwide movement against sexual violence, and this disclosure revealed that violence is still persistent in the sports community. This has led to people's common ground of understanding that a drastic and systematic action should be taken to address violence in sports and, in response, the Government has set up the Sports Reform Committee and is working on the ways to reform the sports community, and the NHRCK has also launched the Special Investigation Team for the Human Rights in Sports. 135. The NHRCK's Special Investigation Team for the Human Rights in Sports is now investigating all the complaints about human rights violations in sports and carrying out the survey to identify human rights situations of about 100,000 athletes, including about 63,000 student athletes in elementary and secondary schools, about 8,000 athletes in 33