Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea they are under the poverty level and meet the conditions for the income limit but are exempt from the basic livelihood allowance due to the Guardian Obligatory Support System at 1.03 million, accounting for 2.13% of the total population as of 2008. The Commission pointed out that even when persons with disabilities reach adulthood, it is difficult for them to undertake incomegenerating activities. Therefore, the additional costs due to disability must be incorporated in the criteria to designate eligible beneficiaries, and the system must be improved to either ease or abolish the criteria for guardians of adults with disabilities. 2) Recommendation ① The government should enable persons with disabilities to enjoy dignified lives by easing or abolishing the Guardian Obligatory Support System which transfers its duty to ensure people a basic standard of living to their families, and by enabling persons with disabilities to receive the Basic Livelihood Allowance based on their personal circumstances. 19. Article 29. Participation in political and public life 19.1 Lack of equal convenience with persons without disabilities in elections 1) Current status and problems ① The Anti-Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act obligates candidates of public office elections and political parties to deliver information on the candidate and political party to persons with disabilities on an equal basis with persons without disabilities. This provision, however, is in conflict with the Public Official Election Act which provides for the provision of closed captioning and sign language interpretation for persons with hearing disability and the use of voting assistant tools for persons with visual disability as optional rules. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 38