5. The Welfare of Disabled Persons Act (WDPA) began using the term “degree of disabilities” as a replacement to the “disability rating” since its amendment on 19 December 2017. With this amendment, the disability rating will lose its legal effect starting 1 July 2019, wherein the revised Act prescribes that the recipient of service for disabled persons will be selected through the comprehensive survey of applicant’s needs, characteristics and circumstances. List of possible inquiries for consideration 6. Specify the extent of monitoring, which the Korean government has adopted for the future ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, the results of monitoring, and the government’s detailed plans for ratification. 7. Specify relevant budget, organizational structure, allocation of human resources and operational plan of the Korean government for implementation of the customized service for disabled persons, following the repeal of existing policy on disability rating. III. Specific Rights Article 5- Equality and Non-discrimination Current status 8. The Civil Procedure Act (Article 1286) stipulates that the government may grant a litigation aid, as a remedial procedure, for persons who falls short of the solvency to pay the cost of lawsuit; however, the Act of the Stamps Attached for Civil Litigation, etc. has yet to enact a provision to exempt or reduce the cost of lawsuits for victims of disability discrimination. The Commission notes that the CRPD has made recommendation to the Korean government “to exempt or reduce the cost of lawsuits for victims of disability discriminations in order to ensure the access to remedies through court.” 6 Article 128 (Requisites for Aid) ①A court may grant a litigation aid, either ex officio or upon request of a person who falls short of the solvency to pay the costs of lawsuit: Provided, that the same shall not apply where it is obvious that the lawsuit will fail. 4