Ministry of Justice to Strengthen Expertise in Refugee Review and Restructure Underperforming Committees

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice has decided to respond to the increase in appeals against refugee screening results and to boldly streamline inefficient subordinate committees.

On the 7th, the Ministry of Justice announced a legislative notice for the 'Partial Amendment Ordinance of the Enforcement Rules of the Ministry of Justice and Its Affiliated Agencies Organization Act,' which includes extending the evaluation period by two years based on the evaluation results of the Refugee Screening Division.

The Refugee Screening Division was established in 2020 to investigate appeals against the increasing number of refugee denial decisions. It operates the Refugee Committee, which reviews appeals against refugee denials, and conducts related fact-finding investigations.

The Ministry of Justice also announced a legislative notice on the same day for the 'Partial Amendment Act of Five Laws Including the Crime Victim Protection Fund Act for the Reorganization of Committees Affiliated with Administrative Agencies,' which includes abolishing or converting various committees with poor operational performance.

Accordingly, committees with relatively low operational performance, such as the Legal Education Committee and the Housing Lease Committee, will be abolished. Instead, the Crime Victim Protection Fund Management Deliberation Committee, the Crime Victim Relief Headquarters Deliberation Committee, and the Ministry of Justice Foreign Legal Advisor Disciplinary Committee will operate as temporary committees that are activated only when related deliberations are necessary and dissolved after the deliberations are completed.

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