19 1) Current status 88. The Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures against Violence in Schools states that an autonomous committee for countermeasures against school violence shall deliberate on school violence and its decision shall be documented in Comprehensive Evaluation System of High School Life Records. Hence, the number of applications for retrial has also been jumping from 572 in 2012 to 1,299 in 2013 against the committees' decision while the number of administrative appeals has also risen from 175 in 2012 to 423 in 2016. 2) Questions 89. Does the government have any plan to address conflict arising from school violence? What is the government's policy to counteract school violence? 2. The Right Not To Be Subjected To Corporal Punishment, Torture, and Inhumane Treatment Issue 27. Corporal Punishment and Alternative Disciplines 1) Current status 90. The Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act explicitly bans direct corporal punishment; however, it does not offer any sanction upon violation. In addition, any prohibition against indirect corporal punishment such as group punishment or nose-in-the-corner is not included. The periodic report contains, instead, students' autonomous court by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, school life scoring systems, volunteering, and student life coaching by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education in regards to alternative programs replacing corporal punishment (para. 78).