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NGO Thematic Alternative Report on Juvenile Justice System to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Republic of Korea 82nd Pre-Session (Feb. 2019)
State Party: Republic of Korea Treaty covered by report: CRC Category of Reports: NGO
Submitted by:
▪ MINBYUN - Lawyers for the Democratic Society
▪ ‘DDingDong’ the LGBTQ Youth Crisis Support Center
▪ Catholic Human Rights Committee
Contact Information:
Ms. Boram JANG(bjang@minbyun.or.kr), MINBYUN - Lawyers for the Democratic Society
November 18, 2018
ABLE OF CONTENTS
I. About reporting organizations and research method .................. 4
A. Reporting organization ........................................................ 4
B. Research Method.................................................................. 4
II. Introduction ............................................................................... 4
A. Amendment to the Juvenile Act ........................................... 4
B. Amendment to the Act on the Treatment of Protected Juveniles, Etc. ........................................................................... 6
C. Conclusion ........................................................................... 7
III. General aspects of the juvenile justice system ........................ 7
A. Age of criminal responsibility.............................................. 7
B. Protection of privacy: Forced AIDS tests, DNA collection, and media reports ...................................................................... 8
C. Crime-proneness and change of disposition ...................... 11
D. Social inquiry reports: The right to know and to appeal .... 14
E. Participants in the juvenile justice procedures: The need for increased expertise and training.............................................. 15
F. Legal provisions on child protection facilities and the Juvenile Classification Review Board .................................... 16
G. Protection of women and other minorities ......................... 17
H. Deleting criminal records and prohibiting access thereto .. 20
IV. Violation of the rights of the child in the investigation and trial process ......................................................................................... 20
A. Violation of the rights of the child in the investigation process .................................................................................... 20
B. Violations of the rights of the child in the trial process ..... 26
V. Pre-trial detention .................................................................... 34
A. Overview of pre-trial detention.......................................... 34
B. Pre-trial detention ............................................................... 38
C. Juvenile Classification Review Board (entrustment review) ................................................................................................ 40
VI. Protection institutions ............................................................ 45
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