NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 □ Recommendation ㅇ It is recommended to expand the manpower and budget of Advocacy Agencies for Persons with Disabilities and sexual and domestic violence counseling centers for persons with disabilities, to expand shelters and to improve facilities by separating spaces for men and women and considering characteristics of disabilities and households. ㅇ Monitor status of use and accessibility of persons with disabilitie It is recommended to expand the manpower and budget of Advocacy Agencies for Persons with Disabilities and sexual and domestic violence counseling centers for persons with disabilities, to expand shelters and improve facilities by separating spaces for men and women and considering characteristics of ㅇ To prevent victims with disabilities who entered temporary protective facilities including shelters from entering residential facilities or returning to places of damage, detailed measures for self-reliance after leaving the facility should be devised. 17 Forced labor of persons with disabilities ㅇ Even after the so-called ‘Shinan Salt Farm’ incident 19 discussed at the 1st deliberation in 2014, cases of forced labor of persons with disabilities continue to occur. According to the 2020 Report on Status of Abuse against Persons with Disabilities by the National Advocacy Agency for Persons with Disabilities, there are 88 cases recognized to be forced labor of persons with disabilities among the cases received in 2020(for 43.2%, the damage lasted for more than 10 years). ㅇ However, despite the ruling of the Supreme Court 20 which recognizes state liability for compensation with regards to △police who did not investigate or take protective measures even after receiving a report from the victim, △labor supervisor who did not separate the perpetrator and the victim and investigated poorly without a person in a fiduciary relationship, △social welfare public officials 33