Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2) Recommendation The government should first conduct an investigation on the implementation of mandatory education to raise awareness on persons with disabilities in public institutions, businesses and schools. It should amend relevant laws to impose sanctions on organizations and businesses which do not conduct such education programs, and establish measures so that the education program itself can effectively contribute to preventing and rectifying discrimination against disabilities, instead of simply being a superficial program.. 5. Article 9. Accessibility 5.1 Accessibility to facilities 1) Current status and problems ① After the Anti-Discrimination Act against Persons with Disabilities came into effect in 2008, a total of 6,540 complaints were filed with the Commission until the end of 2013. Among them, complaints related to accessibility to facilities were 881 cases (13.5%), of which 614 (69.7%) were filed by persons with physical disabilities and 137 (15.6%) were filed by persons with visual disabilities, indicating that disabled persons, given the nature of their disability, faced the most discrimination in the area of accessibility to facilities. ② In particular, the fact that 421 (47.8%) out of 881 complaints were related to accessibility to facilities in public organizations indicates that public organizations have a greater responsibility to guarantee accessibility to facilities. Public organizations, compared with private organizations, have yet to improve accessibility to their facilities. According to the result of the 2013 Survey on Accessible Facilities for Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the installation rate of accessible facilities in the NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 12

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