Key Activities increased by 0.9%, while counseling requests related to discrimination decreased by 0.3%. Other issues include property rights, violations between private persons, legislation by the National Assembly, and court proceedings. [Table 2-2-8] Counseling Requests in the Last Five Years by Type (Unit : cases, %) Classification Year Total Human rights violation Cumulative sum 402,361 157,048 39.0 34,793 8.7 182,640 45.4 27,878 6.9 2019 33,437 13,744 41.1 2,767 8.3 15,872 47.5 1,052 3.1 2018 32,278 12,970 40.2 2,772 8.6 15,365 47.6 1,171 3.6 2017 36,370 14,738 40.5 3,235 8.9 17,095 47.0 1,302 3.6 2016 31,616 14,421 45.6 2,530 8.0 13,661 43.2 1,004 3.2 2015 32,030 14,083 44.0 2,660 8.3 14,130 44.1 1,157 3.6 Discrimination Face-to-face petitions closed by counseling Others * The cumulative sum is the total from November 25, 2001 (the date of the establishment of the Commission), to December 31, 2019. 2. Petitions Filed Since its inception in November 2001, the Commission received a total of 141,934 petitions, of which 108,214, or 76.2%, were related to human rights infringement, 31,379, or 22.1%, to discrimination, and 2,341, or 1.6% to other issues. In 2019 alone, 9,737 petitions were filed, of which 7,072 (72.6%) were related to infringements and 2,613 (26.8%) to discrimination. There were 452 more petitions filed (4.9%) from the previous year, of which those related to discrimination increased by 416 (18.9%). The increase is attributable to the emergence of employment discrimination and gender discrimination in the public realm. 112