Commission and providing education to facility managers since 2008 and publishing an
official government report on the status of people with mental disorders in 2009 also
seemed to have been effective. Finally, there was also an increase in counseling for human
rights violations committed in the military and schools compared with the previous year.
With regard to discrimination-related counseling in 2011, cases on disability (36.3%)
remained on the top as it has been since the enactment of the Disability
Anti-Discrimination Act in 2008, followed by sexual harassment (28.8%), social status
(6.8%), age (6.2%), other discrimination (5.8%), and medical history (2.9%).
[Table 2-2-2] Counseling Cases by Year
(Unit: number of cases, %)
Category
Total
Year
Cumulative
Total*
Human Rights
Discrimination
Violation
Others
Closed
in-person
counseling
cases
137,308 100.0
47,623
34.7
12,348
9.0 59,016 43.0
18,321
13.3
2011
25,303
100.0
8,957
35.4
2,293
9.1 12,692 50.1
1,361
5.4
2010
24,772
100.0
8,807
35.6
2,140
8.6 11,825 47.7
2,000
8.1
2009
20,077
100.0
6,738
33.6
1,974
9.8
8,721
43.4
2,644
13.2
2008
17,069
100.0
5,391
31.6
1,607
9.4
6,812
39.9
3,259
19.1
2007
13,964
100.0
4,843
34.7
1,170
8.4
5,247
37.6
2,704
19.3
* January 1st 2001~December 31st 2011.
* There are some discrepancies in statistics from the 2009 Annual Report, owing to changes in
classification and statistic system revision affective 2010.
2. Complaints
Since its establishment in November 2001, the Commission received 58,672
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