National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2019 mechanism. The findings showed a gap in victim protection. From the time the victim made the report until she died, the police hardly made any efforts to look after her safety. Thus, on July 9, the Commission recommended the head of the police station in charge and the commissioner of the district police agency to issue a disciplinary warning to those involved in the case, and the chief of the National Police Agency to modify operational procedures to prevent similar incidents in the future and ensure proper functioning of the victim protection mechanism. It recommended the Minister of Health and Welfare to improve information sharing of child may lead to serious gaps in protecting abused children. It also recommended the Minister of Part 2 abuse cases between the police and child protection centers, as insufficient information sharing Justice to revise the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Child Abuse Crimes, ways similar to those of guardians, thus the same level of temporary actions taken against children guardians should also apply to these perpetrators. In 2019, the Commission closed a number of ex officio investigations initiated in 2018. The investigation initiated on July 26, 2018 regarding the arrival of North Korean restaurant workers to Korea was completed on August 8, 2019. Based on the findings, the Commission recommended the Director of the National Intelligence Service, Defense Minister, and Minister of Unification to take remedial measures, and the Public Prosecutor General to initiate an investigation of those who disclosed information to the media, and requested the KBA Legal Aid Foundation to offer legal assistance to the victims. Based on the findings of an ex officio investigation initiated on October 4, 2018 into the death of a migrant worker during police crackdown, the Commission on January 16, 2019 recommended the Minister of Justice to take disciplinary actions against those responsible for the death and come up with a plan to prevent similar incidents in the future. It recommended that enforcement be stopped if there is risk of casualty. It also recommended making it mandatory to film scenes of police enforcement. The Ministry of Justice did not accept some of the recommendations, including the disciplinary actions, and failed to give a reply on its position regarding the questioned illegality during police crackdown. On July 11, the Commission disclosed to the media those recommendations that were not accepted by the Ministry . 73 Key Activities as some child abuse perpetrators who are not a child’s guardian are prone to a secondary offense in