elderly, and online education content in the areas of discrimination and the military. Also,
the educational content is being continuously revised and upgraded in step with the
enactment and revision of laws and the rise of new human rights issues. With the
emergence of new IT, such as a mobile service, the Commission plans to further develop
online human rights education content in a consistent manner.
E. Strengthening Remedies for Discrimination
The NHRCK is an independent agency seeking to rectify discrimination. As such, it
aims to actively prevent discrimination by caring for minorities who have been alienated
by society and by helping them out with provisional measures. The Commission intends
to particularly focus on remedies for discrimination against people with disabilities,
women, and minorities as well as discrimination based on age, educational background
and religion. Additionally, it is focused on preventing sexual harassment.
The Commission has set up and promoted the objectives of i) reinforcing remedies for
discrimination against people with disabilities, ii) strengthening gender discrimination
remedies, iii) getting rid of discrimination based on age and educational background, iv)
extending activities for preventing sexual harassment, v) improving the human rights of
minorities, and vi) getting rid of religious discrimination.
Pertaining to remedies for discrimination against people with disabilities, the NHRCK
recommended the installation of wheelchair ramps at banks, schools, libraries, parks and
welfare facilities so that the right to access for people with disabilities can be protected.
The Commission also proposed a checklist of services to include when implementing
guidelines about insurance discrimination against people with disabilities and in the
Disability Anti-Discrimination Act. All of these active efforts are aimed at preventing the
discrimination that people with disabilities encounter in everyday life and at providing
standards about the degrees of discrimination. Other activities include: i) the Monitoring
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