Annual Report 2013
educational courses in labor-related legislation and the human rights of
migrant workers.
Further recommendations were also made. And they include: i)
institutional improvement should be made for migrant workers to be
provided with more than minimum level housing; ii) for this, legal basis
should be made for the standards on housing or disadvantages should
be imposed on the owners of workplaces if they do not meet the housing
standards; iii) standard work contracts should have provisions which
prohibit the deduction of a certain ceiling amount of housing and meals
from the wages of workers if housing and meals are to be deducted from
the wages.
U. Recommendation on the Discriminating Practice in Building
Mental Health Institutions in Aesthetic Areas
In December 2012, The NHRCK received a complaint claiming that
the city ordinance, which restricts the building of mental health
institutions in city downtown, is discriminatory against the persons with
mental disorder. Many similar provisions have been found in the
ordinances of other local/provincial governments. In response, the
Commission saw if there are reasonable reasons for the restriction of
building mental health facilities (clinics, hospitals, and other large
medical institutions) in the city aesthetic areas.
The Commission found that many local/provincial governments cited the
aesthetic aspect of urban areas for the reason of restriction. The
Commission, however, reached different rationale of judgment. Mental
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II. Major Activities of the Commission