E/C.12/KOR/CO/4 49. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure that professionals who are in contact with children are designated as mandatory reporters and consider introducing a duty to report for any individual who suspects child abuse; (b) Ensure that legal provisions and infrastructure are in place to ensure that children victims of abuse are separated from abusers; (c) Promote family-type alternative care for children who are victims of abuse. Right to water 50. The Committee is concerned at reports of contamination of the State party’s rivers and the negative impact on the availability of safe drinking water (art. 11). 51. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to ensure the quality of water sources and the availability of safe potable drinking water for all. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 15 (2002) on the right to water. Housing 52. The Committee is concerned that the State party’s housing policy does not provide for long-term solutions against homelessness. It is also concerned at (a) the large number of individuals and households housed in inadequate dwellings; (b) the high housing costs, including due to housing shortages; and (c) the lack of adequate protection of tenants against forced evictions (art. 11). 53. The Committee urges the State party to elaborate housing policies that: (a) Address the root causes of homelessness and pursue long-term solutions for homeless individuals; (b) Increase the availability of adequate and affordable housing, including social housing; (c) Put into place mechanisms to regulate rising housing costs in the private sector, including unreasonable housing costs, and provide for the renewal of rental contracts to encourage longer-term security of tenure for tenants; (d) Ensure that legislation provides all groups with adequate protection against eviction, including the right to be consulted, proper procedural safeguards and access to suitable alternative housing or adequate compensation. 54. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing and No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions. Suicide 55. While noting the implementation of successive plans to address the high level of suicide in the State party and the system of gatekeepers that has been introduced, the Committee regrets the lack of information about measures taken to tackle the societal root causes of the still high rate of suicide in the State party. 56. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen efforts to prevent suicide, including by addressing its societal root causes, including undue stress in education and employment, poverty among older persons and discrimination and hate speech experienced by certain groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. Mental health 57. The Committee is concerned at the very low percentage of persons with mental illnesses that have had access to mental health services in the State party (art. 12). 8