evacuation measures in case of disasters such as fire, while conducting in-depth interviews
with about a half of detainees at each facility on overall conditions of the facilities, human
rights protection practices in the process of enforcement and investigation as well as in the
facilities, complaints, civil applications, and objections raised, the right to medical service,
visiting and communication, long-term detainees, women, and refugee status applicants.
Based on the result, in order to ensure compliance with human rights protection
regulation, the Commission recommended in November 2011 to implement following
improvement measures:
i) provide more information and in more languages about detention policy, process to
request human rights violation remedy, and complaint counseling; ii) improve the hygienic
quality of clothes, bedding, and shoes provided to the detainees; iii) ensure more freedom
of movement within living quarters by improving security bars and consider human rights
aspects in structure design and operation of the facility; iv) make arrangements necessary
for detainees to exercise their freedom of religion and make efforts to offer more
opportunities for exercise and hobbies including providing necessary supplies and
upgrading facilities; v)expand visiting opportunities to guarantee the detainees’ right to
communicate with outside and provide writing supplies; vi) to ensure access to medical
services, hire in-house medical staff capable of providing basic medical care and provide
regular check-up to long-term detainees; and vii) pay special attention to the needs of
long-term detainees, detainees with dependants, and children.
2) Recommendation to Improve Human Rights of Persons Rendered Stateless by Marriage
Fraud
The Commission reviewed policies to improve human rights conditions of foreign
citizens whose Korean citizenship was revoked based on marriage fraud and failed to
regain citizenship of their country of origin at the same time for lack of governmental
support and evidence.
The Commission recommended measures to reinforce compliance with international
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