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point out the number of child protection facilities should be increased to 100, and the
number of consultants at one institution from the current eight to at least 15.
Question
What measures does the Government have to substantially expand infrastructures to
protect children from abuse?
27. Universal Birth Registration System
According to the Act on the Registration, Etc. of Family Relationship, the birth of a
child born within wedlock shall be reported by the father or the mother, and the birth
of a child born out of wedlock shall be reported by the mother, and in cases where
parents are unable to file such reports, relatives living together, the doctor, the
midwife or any other persons involved in the delivery shall file the report(para. 360).
In response, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2011, and the UN
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and UPR of the UN Human
Rights Council in 2012, recommended the introduction of a universal birth registration
system for every child born in Korea.
Question
What are the position and plans of the Government regarding the introduction of a
universal birth registration system?
28. Guarantee of Rights to Education and Medical Care for Migrant Children
In 2011 the NHRCK advised that migrant children should have guaranteed access
to education and medical care regardless of their parents’ legal status of residence and