Human Rights Commission: "Failure to Provide Accessibility for Visually Impaired in Incident Disposition Result Notices Constitutes Discrimination"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The National Human Rights Commission has recommended that the prosecution provide conveniences such as Braille notifications or voice conversion codes so that visually impaired individuals can check the results notification of complaint and accusation case dispositions.

On the 28th, the Human Rights Commission stated, "Under the Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, when a person with a disability requests to use or participate in judicial or administrative procedures, necessary conveniences such as voice support systems and Braille materials must be provided," adding, "Since a voice conversion system has not been developed for the prosecution's notification of complaint and accusation case dispositions, such incidents may recur." They recommended that the prosecution provide conveniences such as Braille or voice conversion codes in the notification.

The complainant A, who is visually impaired, said, "Because voice conversion barcodes were not provided on the case disposition notification, I barely managed to file an appeal with the help of others," and filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, hoping that "this discrimination against visually impaired people will be addressed and proper conveniences will be provided."

Accordingly, the Human Rights Commission judged this as discrimination against persons with disabilities for failing to guarantee conveniences for persons with disabilities in judicial and administrative procedures, considering that the prosecution was aware that A was severely visually impaired based on investigation materials and that the case disposition notification was sent in writing, making it difficult to confirm the appeal procedure.

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