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organized on-site campaigns during large-scale sporting events (November 8, FA Cup Jeonbuk vs.
Ulsan, in Jeonju; November 17, KBO Korea Series in Gocheok Sky Dome) to encourage active
engagement from athletes and coaches (approximately 6,000 accumulated over 2019 and 2020).
Baseball star and honorary sports and human rights ambassador Ryu Hyun-jin visited the
Commission to share his views on sports and human rights. His talks were produced into an online
video and used to promote public interest in sports and human rights.
■ Operation of Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Sports
Following the launching of the Special Investigation Team for Human Rights in Sports in
February 2019, the Commission established the Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Sports
The first Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Sports ran from February 25, 2019 to
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to consult on human rights violations and conditions in sports.
February 24, 2020 and the second from February 25, 2020 to February 24, 2021. Through 11
on the realities on the ground, informing the decision-making of the Special Investigation Team
for Human Rights in Sports.
The Commission also organized a special counseling team comprising five psychology
counselors and 11 legal counselors to address victims’ grievances and assist them with
psychological and legal counseling.
■ Activities to raise awareness of human rights in sports
From November 26 to December 10, the Commission organized visits to sports camps in
two sports schools, contributing to raising human rights awareness among student athletes and
promoting human rights in sports.
In an effort to shape favorable conditions for human rights in sports and raise public awareness,
the Commission produced eight Youtube lecture videos on the subjects of ∆ If it’s not fun, it’s
not sport; ∆ How to support sports for the handicapped; ∆ Reasons why sexual violence in
sports must be reported; ∆ What sports tell us; ∆ I wish sports were less important; ∆ When you
see discrimination happening in sports; ∆ Sports and happy student athletes are not mutually
exclusive; ∆ Why has sports become so nationalistic in Korea?
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regular meetings and topic-driven advisory sessions, the committee offered advisory information