its procedures should be provided. It was recommended that the scope, such as the period
the electronic mails were written in commensurate with relevance of the suspected crime,
should be specified for requirements for seizure and search or measures of communication
restriction over electronic mails. Moreover, it was stipulated that the acquisition of
extensive and excessive information irrelevant to the crime should be kept to the minimum.
In order to ensure the right of defense and to minimize the invasion of privacy of the
e-mail subscriber, the e-mail subscriber who is subject to search and seizure or measures of
communication restriction should be guaranteed the advance notification, participation in
enforcement proceedings, and the right to demand that unnecessary information be
expunged or returned.
11) Opinion on Prohibition of Political Activities of Members of Jeju Special
Self-Governing Provincial Dance Company
The membership requirements for the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Dance
Company since 2000 when recruiting new members included "those who do not belong to
political parties or political groups and are not engaged in such activities." Jeju Special
Self-Governing Province inquired whether this requirement violates human rights. On
August 19, 2010 the Commission responded to the inquiry that prohibiting those who
involved in political activities in recruiting ordinary dancers violated fundamental
political rights of individuals.
12) Policy Recommendation to Produce Textbooks in Compliance with Human
Rights Standards
In accordance with Article 19(1) of the National Human Rights Commission Act, the
Commission reviewed whether the content, illustrations, pictures, references and
descriptions in textbooks for third and fourth grades of elementary school, first grade of
middle school, and teachers' guidelines which were revised in 2010, complied with human
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