Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities consent of the guardian or by the request of the mayor, county governor, or head of a borough, distinguish the purpose of hospitalization between diagnosis and treatment and also shorten the deliberation process for continued hospitalization. ② The Mental Health Act should be revised also to make sure the deliberation of continued hospitalization will be conducted by the Metropolitan Mental Health Promotion and Judgment Committee instead of the same Local Mental Health Promotion and Judgment Committee for cases where the hospitalization period extends more than three times, for which the deliberation should be, as a principle, conducted face-to-face. 9. Article 19. Living independently and being included in the community 9.1 Activity Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① Activity Assistance Services for Persons with Disabilities are designed to help persons with disabilities to lead an independent life and reduce burdens on their families by providing activity assistant allowance to persons with severe disabilities who have difficulties in living independently in personal and social lives. Currently, different amounts of activity assistance allowance are granted to persons with disability grades 1 and 2 aged between 6 and 65 depending on necessity recognition scores, and only persons with disability grades 1 and 2 are allowed to apply for the assistance allowance, thus denying persons with disability grade 3 or below who also need activity assistance the rights to apply for the assistance services. ② Despite the fact that there is a questionnaire which evaluates the extent of NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 19