Background and
Purpose of Establishment
- Grounds for Establishment
- Our Commission was institutionalized on October 1, 1985, based on Clause 3, Article 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea and Administrative Appeals Act. Since then, we have helped protecting citizens' rights from illegal or unjust dispositions made by administrative agencies and seeking proper management of administration through promptly and fairly processing tens of thousands of cases of appeals each year.
- Composition of Commission Members
- There are a total of 50 members. The chairperson is the vice-chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. 3 standing members are designated by the President, and 46 are appointed and designated by the Prime Minister. The designated members are capable and well-regarded experts of their own fields from the civil society.
- Case Management
- We examine and decide on appeals raised about the dispositions or nonperformances of central administrative agencies (ministries, departments, and offices) and special local administrative agencies under special municipalities, metropolitan cities, districts, and central administrative agencies (i.e. regional agencies of the National Police Agency, Military Manpower Administration , Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Employment and Labor, and Ministry of Patriots & Veterans affairs).
- Management
- For fair and objective review, our Commission is run independently from disposition authorities. Also, we maintain the objectivity of our review by positioning more than half of the members as civilian members, such as lawyers, professors, and other experts, instead of government officials. We have formed special Commissions with expertise by each case area for professional and in-depth reviews.
- System Improvements
- Our Commission is actively trying to protect civil rights by requesting proper measures, such as revision and cancellation, on the concerning orders, when it is acknowledged that the orders (by the President, Primine Minister, Ministries, etc.) on which the dispositions are based are in conflict with higher laws or pose excessive burden to citizens, in the process of review of the appealed cases.
