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rights textbooks with illustrations. As a result, it developed three types of cyber human rights
educational content, which are Sports and Human Rights, Business and Human Rights, and All
Kinds of Stories (1, 2). Notably, it published three human rights essays to enhance the public’s
human rights sensibility, and these include Human Rights with Illustrations and Children Rights
for Parents.
B. Development and distribution of human rights promotional contents
1) Film distribution
into opening and distributing previously made films. The Commission opened both Fourth
interest in human rights movies.
The movie Fourth Place, the 12th human rights movie, is about elite sports and violence. The
movie set the stage for revisiting human rights in the sports domain. The movie opened in 213
theaters nationwide on 13 April. It received many group viewing requests from the National
Assembly, Seoul Education Office, Eunpyeong-gu District Office, and Nowon-gu District
Office, and was highly appraised abroad with showing at the Shanghai International Film
Festival and International Film Festival Karlovy Vary.
The third human rights movie If You Were Me was invited to the 17th Jeonju International
Film Festival. It opened on 4 June in 35 theaters nationwide.
2) Human rights essay contest (theses, advertisements, and essays)
Every year, the Commission organizes various types of contests on human rights topics to
expand public awareness on the importance of human rights and their value, which must be
preserved in all areas of human life.
In 2016, a total of 387 entries were received, including 228 essays (students and general
public categories) and 159 media works (photos, webtoons, and UCC). Through preliminary and
final screenings, a total of 33 submissions were selected for an award. The awarded essays were
published in the 2016 Human Rights Essay Collection and distributed to libraries, human rights
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Place and If You Were Me produced in 2014 and 2015, respectively, in an effort to raise public
Part II
In 2016, the production of human rights films was suspended due to budget cuts. Efforts went