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Introduction
opinion on the Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Regulations of the Mental Health Welfare
Act and monitoring of the hospitalization and discharge procedures, and opinion on the Act on
the Protection and Support of Missing Children.
Meanwhile, it responded to current human rights infringements cases in a timely manner,
including taking quick actions to charge a farmer in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do Province for
exploiting the labor and money of a mentally challenged person for ten years, and requesting
legal relief.
Promoting women’s rights
The Commission recommended improvements to the human rights conditions of marginal
part-time workers, approximately 70% of which are women. In response to a collective
complaint that the childbirth guidelines of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety is no different
from treating women as birth instruments, it expressed the opinion that the government consider
gender equality in its policy to deal with low birth rates.
To find ways to mitigate gender discrimination from a policy perspective, the Commission
made a condition check, an empirical analysis and review of discrimination in every aspect
of the public domain, to identify challenges to women’s social, economic, and political
engagement, gender pay gap, and gender discrimination in the media sector. It also conducted
an on-site survey to eliminate sexual harassment in elementary schools, junior high schools, and
high schools.
Meanwhile, the Commission promptly responded to incidents that sparked social outrage. By
launching a special task force to investigate sexual harassments in the workplace, it made an
ex officio investigation of public corporation X, and quickly addressed the sexual harassment
incident in furniture company X, as well as the case involving nurses forced to perform a sexy
dance at University Hospital X.
Promoting the rights of immigrants
The Commission promoted the rights of immigrants and addressed racial discrimination.
It recommended institutional improvements so that immigrant construction workers work
within the maximum working hours, are guaranteed rest periods and days off, and have better