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1. Establishment and Implementation of National Action Plan for the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights
The Government says that it has established a five-year National Action Plan for
the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights since 2007, and the National Human
Rights Policy Council monitors the establishment and implementation of the plan, the
results of which are disclosed and distributed to the general public every year (the
fourth periodic State Report para. 4, 5). However, while establishing and
implementing the plan and monitoring its progress, the Government hardly seems to
listen to enough of opinions of either the NHRCK or any other civil society group and
lack efforts to persuade and communicate with them.
Question
What measures does the Government have to institutionally ensure the participation
of the NHRCK and civil society, consider their opinions, and encourage substantive
communication with them during the procedures such the establishment,
implementation, and implementation monitoring of the NAP?
2. Enhancement of General Human Rights Education
The Government reports that human rights education is an integral part of the NAP
and it has exerted efforts to enhance human rights awareness and education for
government employees and law enforcement officials and at schools, leading to the
growing role of the NHRCK in human rights education (para. 9-15).
The NHRCK has an on-going project to continuously hold seminars and workshops
on human rights education for public sector employees, the results of which are
presented by the Government (para. 11). The NHRCK also runs various school
education programs on human rights (para. 15).