recommendations, computed tomography will be introduced for the diagnosis of CWP; projects
and periods for supporting the prevention and management of complications, etc., will be
expanded.
We also strived to enhance the accessibility of children to healthcare services by monitoring
the human rights conditions of children and teenagers regarding national health insurance.
Reinforcing the Right to Adequate Housing for the Poor
We sought institutional improvements by conducting factual surveys on the living conditions
of those residing in non-dwellings such as gosiwon (small, cheap single unit in a shared house)
and containers. We staged talks and debates in the wake of the visit of the United Nations
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. We also hosted an emergency debate on
policy improvements in the wake of a fire at gosiwon that took several lives in November 2018
as an extension of our efforts to apply international standards for the right to adequate housing
in Korea and come up with better measures in association with diverse human rights and civil
society organizations and experts.
Guaranteeing the Right to Life for Those in Absolute Poverty
We conducted factual surveys on the status of seniors caring for seniors to identify their
difficulties. We also strived to come up with effective measures to help poverty-stricken seniors,
such as job creation, and released the Comprehensive Report on the Human Rights of Seniors to
improve their human rights conditions.
2) Realizing a Substantively Equal Society through Combating Discrimination
Rooting Out Gender Discrimination, Preventing Sexual Harassment and Violence,
and Offering Remedies
We actively responded to pending human rights issues by announcing the results of the
Factual Survey on the Sexual Harassment of Students by Elementary, Middle, and High School
Teachers and holding debates; recommending that schools change their longstanding practice
of calling male students first and then female students during a roll call; and recommending to
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