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CRPD Article 12 → Korea Adult Guardianship System → Ministry of Justice

법무부 (Ministry of Justice), 가정법원 (Family Court)

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.778

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.778); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Aligned sentences

CRPD Article 12 reaffirms that persons with disabilities have the right to recognition everywhere as persons before the law and requires States to recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life.

aligned

이는 장애인의 법적 능력을 존중하고, 본인의 의사를 최대한 반영하는 후견제도로의 전환으로, CRPD 제12조의 '의사결정지원' 패러다임을 국내법에 반영한 것이다.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

17 year lag
  1. Global

    2008

    CRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)

    ohchr.org

  2. then Korea
  3. Korea

    2025

    민법 성년후견제도 (law.go.kr 검색)

    law.go.kr

From date field: 2008 CRPD entry into force → 2011 Korea Civil Code revision → 2013 adult guardianship system implementation · 2011–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Csuggestive similarity · 67%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: legal capacity ↔ 법적능력; CRPD ↔ CRPD; persons with disabilities ↔ 장애인

Cross-lingual similarity 30/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: CRPD Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law) → Korea Adult Guardianship System (Civil Code) | legal capacity → 법적능력

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
legal capacity
↓
법적능력
CRPD
↓
CRPD
persons with disabilities
↓
장애인

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Carry CRPD rules into domestic effect: align Korea Adult Guardianship System (Civil Code) under CRPD Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law).

Korean purpose

민법은 CRPD 제12조의 장애인 법적능력 보장 원칙을 반영하여 성년후견제도를 도입하고, 피성년후견인의 행위능력 제한을 최소화하는 방향으로 개정되었다.

민법 성년후견제도 (law.go.kr 검색) — 민법은 CRPD 제12조의 장애인 법적능력 보장 원칙을 반영하여 성년후견제도를 도입하고, 피성년후견인의 행위능력 제한을 최소화하는 방향으로 개정되었다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: CRPD Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law) → Korea Adult Guardianship System (Civil Code) | legal capacity → 법적능력. Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

CRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)

Started how

2008 CRPD entry into force → 2011 Korea Civil Code revision → 2013 adult guardianship system implementation

  1. Soft lawGlobal2008CRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
    CRPD entry into force

    2008 CRPD entry into force

    Primary source
  2. StageKorea2011법무부 (Ministry of Justice)
    Korea Civil Code revision

    2011 Korea Civil Code revision

    Primary source
  3. Soft lawGlobal2013CRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
    adult guardianship system implementation

    2013 adult guardianship system implementation

Original (Global)

CRPD② Article 12 reaffirms that persons with disabilities③ have the right to recognition everywhere as persons before the law and requires States to recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity① on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 2011년 민법 개정을 통해 기존의 금치산·한정치산 제도를 폐지하고 성년후견제도를 도입하였다(2013년 7월 시행). 이는 장애인③의 법적 능력을 존중하고, 본인의 의사를 최대한 반영하는 후견제도로의 전환으로, CRPD② 제12조의 '의사결정지원' 패러다임을 국내법에 반영한 것이다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
CRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
Timeline

2011–2025

CRPD Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law) → Korea Adult Guardianship System (Civil Code) | legal capacity → 법적능력

Sources

🌍Global source
🇰🇷민법 성년후견제도 (law.go.kr 검색)

Related Patterns

CRPD Article 9 (Accessibility) → Korea Disability Anti-Discrimination Act & Convenience Promotion Act

CRPDUN
P(B|A) = 71%category
42%

UN CRPD → Korea Disability Anti-Discrimination Act

UNCRPD
P(B|A) = 36%agenda
29%

WIPO Marrakesh Treaty → Korea Copyright Act (accessible works)

CRPDUN
P(B|A) = 65%temporal
27%

ESG / Climate Disclosure

UN
20%

Soft Power & Cultural Export (K-content)

UN
P(B|A) = 45%category
20%

Judicial Independence Under Pressure

UN
P(B|A) = 45%category
20%

Gender Policy / Women's Rights Oscillation

UN
P(B|A) = 45%category
20%

ILO Core Conventions → Korean Labor Law Reform

UN
20%

Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

CRPD Article 9 (Accessibility) → Korea Disability Anti-Discrimination Act & Convenience Promotion Act

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.91

UN CRPD → Korea Disability Anti-Discrimination Act

Labor & Work

cos 0.90

CEDAW → Korea Framework Act on Gender Equality

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.90

CEDAW Article 7 (Political participation) → Korea Gender Equality Act & Political Parties Act

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.89

WHO Rehabilitation 2030 → Korea Disability Health Rights Act

Health & Bio

cos 0.89

CRC Optional Protocol on Sale of Children → Korea Child Welfare Act & Act on Protection of Children and Youth against Sex Offenses

Rights & Anti-corruption

cos 0.89
Keywords
성년후견adult guardianship법적능력legal capacityCRPD장애인권리협약민법개정civil code revision금치산한정치산의사결정지원supported decision-making후견인guardian피성년후견인가정법원family court장애인차별금지법무부대한민국민법장애인복지
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #crpd-legal-capacity-1