List of possible inquiries for consideration 45. The Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients came into force on 30 May 2017. Provide the statistical data on the involuntary and voluntary admission rates with comparison to prior and after the legislation’s commencement, and information on the improvement of treatment for persons with mental disabilities. Article 15- Freedom from Torture or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Current status 46. The number of disability discrimination complaints regarding mental health care facilities submitted to the Commission over the last 4 years were 414 (2014), 390 (2015), 374 (2016), and 378 (2017). In this regards, the Commission recommended to the Minister of Health and Welfare to adopt a standard process for the use of confinement and restraint, and further incorporate it into the legislation as a measure to minimized human rights violation occurrence caused by unreasonable confinement and restraint in psychiatric medical institutions. < Number of Disability Discrimination Complaints Regarding Mental Health Care Facilities > (Unit: number of complaints) Year Category 2014 2015 2016 2017 Unreasonable Confinement 69 64 80 111 Unreasonable Restraints 139 142 91 108 Verbal Abuse 40 36 67 53 Physical Total Abuse 166 414 148 390 136 374 106 378 Data Source: NHRCK 47. The Ministry of Health and Welfare is planning to launch “human rights protection task force” in 2018 to monitor appropriate treatment and prevent human rights violation situations in psychiatric medical institutions. List of possible inquiries for consideration 48. Provide detailed information on measures the government has taken to prevent abuse of supportive means to treat or protect persons with mental disabilities, such as inappropriate use of confinement and restraints. 14