Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea regulations on providing convenience services in terms of human resources as part of the convenience provided for public servants with disabilities, but has not promoted this actively, resulting in low awareness. Furthermore, due to the lack of budget and detailed criteria such as scope of provision and qualification of work assistants to implement the regulation, there is difficulty in providing such services. For reference, there are 4,805 public servants with disabilities working in central administrative agencies as of end of 2012 (accounting for 3.27% of total national public servants), and 8,306 public servants with disabilities in local autonomies (accounting for 3.82% of total local public servants). ③ Meanwhile, the Convention stipulates that State Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities are employed by the public sector and reasonable convenience services are provided to them, and additionally, the Anti-Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act provides that the allocation of an assistant should be included in the convenience services provided by the employer to workers with disabilities. 2) Recommendation ① The government should install explicit provisions on the provision of reasonable accommodation for public servants with severe disabilities, such as the allocation of working assistants, in related laws, notably the National Public Servant Act and the Local Public Servant Act. It must also prepare detailed implementation measures so that central administrative agencies and local autonomies can provide working assistant services to public servants with severe disabilities. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 35

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