B. Counseling for Human Rights Violations The most notable peculiarity of counseling for human rights violations in 2012 was that counseling in schools of all grade levels surged compared to the previous year. The number of counseling requests nearly doubled in just one year from 453 in 2011 to 861 in 2012. This was not only because schools of all grade levels were included in the list of subjects to be investigated after the revision of the National Human Rights Commission Act, but also because school violence, suicide and bullying have emerged as serious social issues. Counseling in institutional group care facilities constantly increased for several reasons. First, there has been an increasing concern for the human rights of people being held in mental hospitals. Second, standard complaint boxes have been distributed and employees in such facilities have received education since 2008. Third, the Commission presented a country report on the mentally challenged in 2009. The number of counseling sessions in institutional group care facilities has been constantly rising, from 1,996 (37%) in 2008 to reach 5,773 (48.8%) in 2012, to account for almost half of all counseling requests. Counseling for human rights violations relating to the prosecution, the police, law enforcement agencies, and custody facilities gradually increased to 2010, showed a slight decrease in 2011, and rebounded in 2012. Counseling for human rights violations perpetrated by local government groups and other governmental bodies in 2012 stayed on the decreasing trend as they were also on in 2011. C. Counseling for Discriminatory Acts Pertaining to counseling for discrimination, counseling about disabilities was in first place in 2012 which it has been since 2008 when the Disability Anti-Discrimination Act was enacted. The number of counseling cases slightly decreased in 2011, but increased again by 104 (12.5%) in 2012. Counseling related to sexual harassment (602 or 23.8%), other discriminatory acts (240 or 9.5%), social status (198 or 7.8%), age (158 or 6.2%), and medical history (71 or 2.8%) followed in descending order. 88 Part II. Major Activities of the Commission