1) to expand the scope of the claimants for medical assistance to include not only the
victim, but also those who are in a close relationship with the child such as families and
relatives to protect child victims of sexual abuse; 2) to expand the scope of recipients of
counselling or healing programs; 3) to introduce detailed assistance measures for
independent life of the child victim after discharge from protection facilities; 4) to
introduce a system to notify information on the release of a criminal from prison and
compensation order system for crime victims; 5) to devise clauses to protect those who
are required to report sexual violence involving children; 6) to seek measures to induce
active response from schools over sexual violence against children; 7) to strengthen
response measures and preventive education against sexual violence in schools, including
more substantive preventive education against sexual violence and tightening
counter-measures against teachers committing sexual violence against children; 8) to
establish systematic correctional education and healing programs for sexual offenders
and seek ways to induce voluntary participation of sex offenders in the education
program; and 9) to introduce a system to inspect and evaluate the implementation status
of recurrence prevention measures.
10) Opinion on Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Protection of
Communications Secret Acts
On August 19, 2010, the Commission expressed the following opinion on regulations
on seizure and search of electronic mails and measures of communication restriction
included in partial amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act and the Protection of
Communications Secret Act, which initiated to prevent human rights violations due to
extensive seizure and search on electronic mail by investigation authorities. The
Commission expressed that, concerning seizure and search or measures of communication
restriction over electronic mails whose sending and receiving are completed and stored in
the server of the telecommunications service provider, its legal ground and regulations on
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