NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 18 Guideline for Operation of Project to Promote the Rights of Women and Children(posted on the website of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on January 14, 2022). According to this material, as of the end of December 2020, among 295 people in a protective facility for sexual violence victims, women with disabilities accounts for more than half at 166, but out of 34 protective facilities for victims of sexual violence, only 20%(7) are shelters for women with disabilities. 19 In the Shinan Salt Farm Slave incident took place in Shinan in 2014, most of the victims were persons with disabilities and they were forced to work for from several months to more than 25 years. They were tricked into coming to this region because they were told to make money and suffered from heavy labor and violence in dire conditions without receiving wages. At the time, more than 100 missing people were rescued from the salt farm through a full investigation of salt farm workers. 20 2019. 4. 5. 2018Da300067 21 In October 2021, the Korea Communications Commission announced a “comprehensive plan for media inclusion for the disadvantaged’, and said it would raise the ratio of sign language interpretation of terrestrial broadcasting to 7%, but at the time of the announcement, around 7% of terrestrial broadcasting programs was already providing sign language interpretation. In addition, it received criticism as it allowed rerun programs to account for up to 30% of 10% of mandatory programming. In addition, it contains compliance with accessibility to VOof D platform services such as web and mobile apps, but there are no compulsory regulations. 22 Refer to ‘Study on effective judicial support for abuse cases against persons with disabilities through the salt-farm case’, page 24, ‘Material book of presentation of study result in the field of public interest and human rights(June 2017), Seoul Bar Association. According to the study, among the cases where perpetrators were released on probation, there were cases where persons with disabilities were imprisoned and forced to labor for more than 6 years. Even perpetrators who imprisoned and forced persons with intellectual disabilities to labor for 14 years and 1 month as well as 21 years since his father was released on probation. 23 The prosecution accepted the claim of the perpetrator that it was a traditional labor method of combining strength without expecting a price and summarily indicted with a fine of 5 million one by recognizing simple assault. In response, disability group called for a reinvestigation, accusing the perpetrator of exploitation of labor and identity theft. 24 Among the cases recognized as an agreement by the court, there was a case where the court accepted the agreement between the perpetrator and victim’s brother who left and neglected the victim as an agreement between the victim and perpetrator. There was also a case where the perpetrator deceived the victim who did not know the meaning of a letter of not wanting punishment to receive the letter and submitted it to the court, and probation was sentenced. The appeals courts admitted that the letter was not the true intention of the victim, but the probation sentence was maintained. 25 In October 2021, the Korea Communications Commission announced a “comprehensive plan for media inclusion for the disadvantaged’, and said it would raise the ratio of sign language interpretation of terrestrial broadcasting to 7%, but at the time of the announcement, around 7% of terrestrial broadcasting programs was already providing sign language interpretation. In addition, it received criticism as it allowed rerun 55