2) Promotion of Human Rights in Sports
The Commission launched its effort to promote human rights in sports in 2007 with
Policy Recommendation on the Promotion and Protection of Student Athletes' Human
Rights and formed a taskforce for improving human rights in sports in 2008. It also
conducted nationwide status surveys on the issue and reported serious deteriorated human
rights conditions of middle and high school student athletes, triggering major social
ramifications.
Marking its fourth year since launching the promotion of human rights in sports project,
the Commission formulated and recommended the "Guidelines on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights in Sports" which compiled the outcomes so far. Through the
active and pioneering efforts by the Commission, improvements have been made in
relevant government policies and public awareness of human rights has been greatly
enhanced. However, it is also true that there were limitations in setting mid-to-long term
outlook as no clear direction was set regarding the relationship between sports and human
rights. The Guidelines comprising the charter and three sub-guidelines (prevention of
violence, prevention of sexual violence, and guaranteeing the right to education), declared
that "sports are human rights" in that everyone should be given the right to enjoy sports
without discrimination. It was greatly significant that it provided directions under three
sub-themes, setting the minimum standards which policy-makers and sports officials
should abide by.
Moreover, the Commission further expanded "sex-related human rights education for
student athletes," which was first implemented in December 2009, and offered education
programs aimed at improving human rights sensitivity for 6,386 student athletes in 225
elementary, middle and high schools in the country from June to September 2010.
3) Promotion of the Rights of the Elderly
The Commission compiled opinions of 59 members of the 1st Guardian of the Rights of
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