The core provision of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is independent living (Article 19 of the Convention), which guarantees the right of choice in the community, and deinstitutionalization, deinstitutionalization, and de-familiarization can be seen as natural rights and a series of processes for this. Over the past 20 years, the Independent Living Center (IL) has been developing a movement for independent living for the disabled based on the right to self-determination, and has not only expanded quantitatively but is also playing an important role as a service delivery system.
In particular, with the revision of the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities Act at the end of last year, the legal status of the IL Center was institutionalized as a welfare facility for the disabled, and the implications and future action tasks following the government's announcement of the 'Roadmap for Supporting Self-Reliance for the Deinstitutionalized with Disabled Persons' in August 2021 have been discussed by disability activists, IL, and the opinions of scholars are sharply conflicting, raising concerns about the human rights of people with disabilities. Accordingly, we would like to carefully diagnose advanced cases where the independent living movement for the disabled was active and the current status of the human rights of the disabled in Korea, and further seek alternatives based on future development tasks.