Key NHRCK Activities More than in any other state organization, a higher level of human rights awareness is required in the police as it exercises public power to enforce public order and safety. Also, the partial amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act and the Prosecutors’ Office Act on February National Investigation Headquarters, exclusive investigation authority, and authority to terminate investigations. Such a change calls for heightened police accountability regarding protection of human rights. To address the lack of a legal basis for educating the police force on human rights, the Part 1 Introduction 4, 2020 greatly empowered the police with respect to the criminal procedures, including the importance of which has grown more than ever, the Commission recommended adding in the on the Organization and Operation of the National provisions on minimum amount of training hours at the local police agency level, as revising Article 20 of the Police Human Rights Protection Rules system so that every officer can be educated professionally and specifically based on his/her position and function from the time they join the force until they leave. The Commission also found divergence in the levels of education offered, as police human rights education is managed by local police agencies, Police Human Resources Development Institute, National Police University, and Central Police Academy. The lack of an integrated management Part 2 Key NHRCK Activities to specify training hours, trainees, stages and function-specific content, and reorganizing training system to guide these different organizations, combined with an absence of a system of and exchanges of available educational resources such as curricula, content and instructors. This limitation, coupled with each organization’s capacity, can result in different educational objectives and programs, with those lacking capacity likely to offer inappropriate, distorted education. The Commission thus recommended establishment of an integrated management system and system of cooperation with external human rights experts to hear various views on how overall management of human rights education can be improved. The National Police Agency accepted the Commission’s recommendations and committed itself to revise the Police Act to incorporate mandatory, increased human rights education, specify mandatory training hours and trainees in the Police Human Rights Protection Rules, and complete revision of the Police Act by February 2022 with new provisions on the Police Human Rights Education Council. It also shared its plan to expand and reorganize the CARE system (victim human rights portal) so that educational plans and education results can be listed for real-time 47 Part 3 Appendices cooperation with internal and external organizations, have greatly limited the flow of information

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