National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2020 of remedied cases was 9.9%, which is a 1.9%p increase from the 8.0% in 2019. In 2020, the Commission continued to make several meaningful recommendations to remedy violations of human rights. These include recommendation to correct departure ban requests made without justifiable reasons, recommendation to establish safety regulations during escort of suspects, recommendation to correct court sheriffs’ practice of trespassing into debtors’ residence without legal basis to remind debtors of execution of judgments, recommendation to cancel a military decision to discharge an enlisted soldier who had undergone a sex reassignment surgery while on active duty and to revise the relevant rules and regulations, recommendation to stop indiscriminate restrictions placed on entries of outside books into correctional facilities, recommendation not to exclude foreigners from getting emergency relief funds, recommendation to take disciplinary actions against those involved in bullying and abusing power in a public organization; and recommendation to correct teachers’ practice of forcing students to write letters of apology. Investigations and remedies of discrimination4) In 2020, the number of petitions filed in relation to discrimination was 2,385, which is 336 (12.3%) less compared to the previous year. The fall is likely attributable to reduced outside activities by persons with disabilities under the extended COVID-19 situation, and the number of sexual harassment cases returning to normal levels after temporarily spiking in 2018 due to Me Too campaigns. Despite a fall in the number of discrimination-related petitions filed in 2020, the number of petitions processed was 2,879, which is 427 (17.4%) more compared to the previous year. This is likely due to less time required to process cases as there were less petitions filed, and prompt processing of merged cases in relation to discrimination against persons with disabilities. The number of remedied cases was 976, which is 464 (90.6%) more compared to the previous year. The rate of remedied cases was 33.9%, which is a 13.0%p increase from the 20.9% in 2019. In 2020, the Commission continued to make a series of meaningful recommendations in response to discriminatory acts and sexual harassment, as part of efforts to establish human rights 4) For more details, see Part 2 on Key NHRCK Activities (p. 117). 30