8 2. Best Interests of the Child Issue 13. Child Policy Impact Assessment 1) Current status 28. Pursuant to the Child Welfare Act amended in 2016, the government will conduct the Child Policy Impact Assessment in 2019. Some local governing bodies (ex. SeongbukGu(district) and Gangdong-Gu of the Seoul) are currently carrying out Child Impact Assessment (para. 47). 2) Questions 29. How is the preparation for the Child Policy Impact Assessment going? What is the implementation plan? 30. What are the examples and achievements of the Child Impact Assessment conducted by the local governments? 3. Right to Life, Survival, and Development Issue 14. Child Suicide 1) Current status 31. In 2015, the Social Relations Ministers’ Meeting confirmed the “Comprehensive measures on prevention of student suicide”. According to the Statistics on the Cause of Death published by Statistics Korea, 4.2 out of 100,000 juveniles aged 10 to 19 years old committed suicides(para. 39). The 2018 Juvenile Statistics by Statistics Korea and Ministry of Gender Equality and Family shows that the leading cause of death for juveniles aged 9 to 24 years old for the last ten years (since 2007) has been suicide with the suicide ratio standing at 7.8 out of 100,000 juveniles as of 2016. According to the Ministry of Education, 1.8 out of 100,000 students committed suicide in 2016, and the analysis of the causes of suicide of students in 2016 showed that the causes behind the suicides were family issues (34.3%), pessimism and depression (17.6%) and bad grades (12.0%). Direct causes of suicide were parents’ scolding (59.2%), disclosure of wrongdoing (20.4%), and academic result (4.1%).