It also observed difficulties of the police due to disturbances caused by heavily intoxicated
persons. The Commission planed to establish measures to protect the rights of heavily
intoxicated persons in 2011. In an effort to ensure freedom of expression and promote
privacy and human rights in the information society, the Commission also handled pending
human rights issues in a timely manner, including several recommendations to improve the
Internet content regulatory system, to prohibit the installation of full-body scanners at
domestic airports, and to install CCTVs in the private sector and improve their operation. It
also hosted a series of public discussions and seminars on the plan to revise the Resident
Registration Act, which was to introduce electronic ID cards, to do a status survey on the
installation and operation of CCTVs in the private sector, and the legal protection of
human rights and privacy in the information society.
In an effort to enhance the implementation of international human rights laws at the
national level, the Commission also focused on laying the foundation by forming the
Human Rights Policy Consultative Body to facilitate collaboration with the related
Ministries, while submitting an opinion report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child (individual complaint/communication) to the UN Human Rights
Council. In addition, the Commission conducted a status survey on the implementation of
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to review its implementation
status and expressed its opinion in the National Report on the Convention to the
government.
Improving the Rights of the Child and the Elderly
In an effort to improve the rights of the child and youth and provide support for the
elderly who often remain vulnerable and disadvantaged in this highly competitive society,
the Commission decided "improving the rights of the child and the elderly" as a strategic
objective and laid out concrete performance objectives to improve the rights of students,
the rights of children from vulnerable families and disadvantaged sectors of society,
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