Parents with 9-Year-Old Child Denied Entry to Apartment Golf Practice Range... What Happened?

A resident practicing at an indoor golf practice range. Photo by Asia Economy

The National Human Rights Commission has ruled that the regulation prohibiting children under the age of 14 from using the indoor golf practice facility in an apartment complex, regardless of whether they are accompanied by a guardian, constitutes discrimination against children.

On the 11th, the Human Rights Commission sided with Mr. A in a complaint case filed against the apartment residents' representative chairman, stating, "The practice of uniformly banning children under a certain age from entering must be stopped."

Mr. A attempted to use the practice facility with his 9-year-old child, but when the apartment management blocked entry, stating, "Residents under 14 years old are not allowed to enter regardless of guardian accompaniment for safety reasons," he filed a complaint.

The Human Rights Commission acknowledged that the equipment in the practice facility could be dangerous for children but stated, "Since children's physical abilities vary individually, entry should not be uniformly restricted." Furthermore, it emphasized, "Uniformly restricting all children from using welfare facilities based on the prejudice that all children are vulnerable to safety without considering individual circumstances is discrimination without reasonable grounds."