Establishment of Emergency Response Noncompliance Crime for Stalking and Public Sexual Violence Correction Order Authority

Promotion of Enactment of Stalking Victim Protection Act Within the Year
Development and Distribution of Domestic Violence Recurrence Risk Assessment Scale
If Workplace Sexual Harassment Measures Are Not Implemented, Labor Commission Provides Relief
Conducting Surveys on Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Sex Trade Conditions

On the 30th, Jung Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, held the 6th Women's Violence Prevention Committee meeting via video conference to review the '1st Basic Plan for Women's Violence Prevention Policy 2022 Implementation Plan' and to assess the performance of measures to eradicate sexual harassment and sexual violence.

The government has decided to establish the crime of failure to comply with emergency measures against stalking violence following incidents such as the murder of stalking victims under police protection. It is also considering introducing corrective order authority for sexual harassment and sexual violence cases in the public sector.

On the 30th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family held the 6th Women’s Violence Prevention Committee meeting to review and approve the ‘2022 Implementation Plan for the 1st Basic Policy Plan for Women’s Violence Prevention,’ submitted by 19 central administrative agencies including the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the National Police Agency.

The National Police Agency plans to strengthen on-site responses to stalking by establishing the crime of ‘failure to comply with emergency measures,’ such as prohibiting approach within 100 meters or via telecommunications, and to mandate courts to notify the police of provisional injunction decisions. Provisional injunctions refer to prosecutors requesting courts to prohibit approach within 100 meters, telecommunications contact, or police custody. For domestic violence cases, a ‘recurrence risk assessment scale’ will be developed and distributed based on the number of reports, frequency, and case handling results, and a triple reporting and inspection system will be established for repeated domestic violence reports.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will strengthen on-site inspections for sexual harassment and sexual violence cases involving multiple victims or committed by heads of institutions, and is considering measures to exercise ‘corrective order authority’ if public institutions fail to implement recommendations from the National Human Rights Commission. It will also promote the enactment of a Stalking Victim Protection Act within the year. From this year, mandatory sexual crime prevention education for high-ranking officials will be expanded to include national institutions, local governments, public-related organizations, and schools.

Workplace sexual harassment and sexual violence-related systems will also be reinforced. The Ministry of Employment and Labor is pushing for legal amendments to include ‘assistants’ in the prohibition of disadvantages caused by workplace sexual harassment incidents. Starting in May, if employers fail to fulfill their obligations regarding workplace sexual harassment measures, relief procedures through the Labor Relations Commission will be implemented. The system will also be improved to extend fines, which were previously imposed only on individual business owners for sexual harassment acts, to corporate representatives. The Ministry of National Defense will conduct an annual survey on sexual violence within the military and implement a system from July to transfer military sexual crime cases to civilian jurisdiction.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will conduct surveys on domestic violence, sexual violence, and prostitution to establish women’s violence policies. Women’s violence statistics managed by each agency will be organized and collected according to the Enforcement Decree of the ‘Basic Act on the Prevention of Women’s Violence’ into categories such as occurrence status, victim status, victim support status, and offender disposition, and will be publicly announced for the first time by the end of this year.

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