Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Guardianship System. This is a problem which undermines the legislative purport of the Guardianship System. ③ The ability to make a decision, which is the evaluation criterion of persons to be subject to the Guardian System tends to change over time, vary depending on what matters are there to decide and improve through treatment. However, the aforementioned disqualifying provisions unilaterally limit or deprive of qualifications and make it difficult to recover them. 2) Recommendation The Guardian System should be operated in ways to let persons with disabilities make decisions on their own. To that end, existing legal provisions unilaterally disqualifying persons with disabilities as incompetent persons should be abolished and alternative legislations should be enacted which serve the purport of the Guardian System. 8. Article 14. Liberty and security of the person 8.1 Hospitalization and human rights of persons with a psychosocial disability 1) Current status and problems ① According to the 2012 Business Report of National Mental Health Commission, the number of inmates in domestic mental healthcare institutions for persons with psychosocial disabilities was 80,569, among whom 61,128 persons or 75.9% were involuntarily hospitalized. The rate of forced hospitalization of persons with psychosocial disabilities in Korea was higher than that of other advanced countries which stands below 20% (Germany 17.7%, UK 13.5%, France 12.5%), and the period of hospitalization was also longer, 247 days, than other countries (UK 52 days, France 35.7 days, Germany 26.9 days). NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 17