Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea 18. Article 28. Adequate standard of living and social protection 18.1 Insufficient social protection for persons with disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① According to the 2012 White Paper on Persons with Disabilities (KODDI, 2012. 12), the National Basic Livelihood System, which includes pensions and allowances for persons with disabilities, excludes persons with disabilities whose economic conditions can improve with a little bit of assistance from the scope of beneficiaries, creating a situation where persons with disabilities not receiving allowances have to bear with economic conditions more aggravating than persons with disabilities who are economically worse off and receive basic livelihood allowances. The greatest problem of this System is also the fact that it does not deduct additional costs incurred due to disabilities from one’s income. Therefore, families of persons with disabilities find that even though they receive basic livelihood allowance they are unable to maintain an adequate standard of living after paying for the additional costs due to disability. The Initial Report fails to mention this problem. ② The pension for persons with disabilities in Korea is composed of a basic allowance to compensate for income which is decreased due to a loss or significant decline in the working capacity of persons with severe disabilities and additional allowance to compensate for all or part of the costs that are additionally incurred due to their disabilities. Despite the fact that the beneficiaries of the additional allowance should include not only basic allowance beneficiaries and lower income families, but also other persons with disabilities since it is an allowance to compensate the additional costs incurred due to a disability, the income criterion is limited to allowance recipients, and therefore, persons with disabilities with a certain level of income are not eligible to receive the additional allowance. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 36