NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 Article 33 National Implementation and Monitoring 34-1 Policy Coordination Committee for Persons with Disabilities □ Current status and problems ㅇ The Policy Coordination Committee for Persons with Disabilities was established to perform three functions; establishment of comprehensive disability policies, coordination of opinion among related departments, and monitoring and evaluating policy implementation. However, it is evaluated that regular coordination, monitoring, and evaluation functions are lacking. As a supplementary measure, the government proposed the establishment of a specialized subcommittee, but it was insufficient to serve as a supplementary measure as it has been held twice, once each in 2018 and 2019. □ Recommendations ㅇ Establish a new National Committee for Persons with Disabilities under the president as a permanent institution in charge of disability policies which handles all aspects of disability welfare policies from policymaking through implementation to an evaluation of policies so that policies for persons with disabilities are implemented in policies and projects of all departments. 1 According to the “Status of new application for activity assistant for persons with disabilities from July 2019 to June 2021” submitted by the National Pension Service to commissioner Jang Hye-yeong of the Strategy and Finance Committee of the National Assembly, more than 90% of new applicants with visual disabilities and developmental disabilities who have complained of blind spots were selected to be in section 12- 15 where 2-5 hours of activity assistant service a day is provided. Experts pointed out that evaluation items such as “I can buy things” evaluate various social functions such as ability to move, manage money, build relations and communicate, but the current evaluation is limited to movement, so people with physical disabilities score well, while people with visual, hearing, developmental and mental disabilities don't. It is necessary to develop manual that can properly evaluate ADL and IADL, and enhance actual evaluation capacity. 2 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff(the Supreme Court Decision 51