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service and how they are managed, and discussed ways to improve the current policy.
● Publication of Decision Casebook on Human Rights in the Military
In view of improving the enlistment procedures and prevent human rights violations in the
military, the Commission published a casebook containing various categories of NHRCK
recommendations, intent of decisions, and implications.
Since its establishment, the Commission investigated around 1,800 complaints involving
the military and took some significant recommendation decisions. It also made various policy
recommendations through inspection visits and surveys.
The Commission organized monitoring activities by children and on-site inspection visits
by a group of experts for a holistic and systematic monitoring of all aspects of children rights.
Through these activities, it reviewed children rights issues in light of international standards.
First, the monitoring conducted by children involved 83 children in five regions to watch
children rights issues from a children’s perspective. In light of emerging labor human rights
issues, the children monitored the labor conditions and rights of part-time children and youth
workers. Based on a review of relevant international agreements and statutes, proposals were
made to improve the procedures for lodging complaints to the Labor Administration, amend the
Labor Standards Act, and establish policy for more labor education.
Second, the on-site inspection visits involved a group of six experts who visited seven children
protection and treatment facilities that house children subjected to protection disposition no. 6
under the Juvenile Act. The group made an overall inspection of the children’s human rights
conditions to identify problems and present options.
Third, for the first time, the Commission organized a conference on children rights, which
covered key issues in all domains of children rights. Key topics selected include the Act on the
Human Rights of Children and Youths with a focus on the Act on Children Rights and a shift in
paradigm, children’s labor rights, children’s political rights, juvenile jurisprudence, child neglect
Commission's
Major Activities
● Monitoring of children rights
Part 2
B. Promoting the rights of children and youths