National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
local/provincial government's supervision of such wrong doings was
insufficient.
In response, the Commission recommended, on November 14, 2013,
the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the heads of local/provincial
governments to work out measures to strengthen the public nature of
child care and to improve the work environment of child caregivers.
Details of the recommendations to the Ministry of Health and Welfare
include: i) preparation of measures to enhance the soundness of finance
of child care house, and expansion of national and public, workplace,
and home child care houses, ii) preparation of measures to improve the
environment, especially low-income, of the caregivers working at private
and home child care houses, iii) inclusion of human rights in the
educational
program
environment,
for
especially
caregivers,
compliance
iv)
with
inclusion
labor
of
workplace
standards,
in
the
accreditation criteria for child care houses, and v) review of the
assignment standards for caregivers per cared children.
The recommendations to the heads of local/provincial governments
include: i) expansion of personnel for the guidance and supervision of
child care facilities, and ii) improvement of the workplace environment
for caregivers by activating the use of replacement caregivers.
P. Recommendation on the Improvement of Human Rights of Migrants
The NHRCK recommended, in February 2012, the Guidelines on the
Human Rights of Migrants to 10 related government authorities. The
Guidelines
include:
"building
a
foundational
institution
for
the
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