Annual Report 2014
sector with a great social ripple effect to initiate human rights integrated management.
■ Opinion on the Draft Enforcement Decree of the Act on Compensation and Support
for Surrounding Areas of Power Transmission and Distribution Facilities
On May 29, 2014, the NHRCK expressed its opinion to the Minister of Trade, Industry,
and Energy on the draft bill of the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Compensation
and Support for Surrounding Areas of Power Transmission and Distribution Facilities
as follows: i) to organize the examination committee proportionally by appointing
a resident or representative of residents as a member of the committee and reducing
the proportion of project operators and public officials in central administrative bodies
who already account for the majority, so that the opinions of different stakeholders
can be fairly and reasonably reflected in examining compensation and support; and
ii) to delete the provision of “the person who has professional knowledge or experience
of local development and conflict management” from Article 10 (1) iii of the draft
bill of the Enforcement Decree.
2) Highlights of Surveys and Studies on Human Rights Conditions
■ Survey on the Current Status of Human Rights Management at SMEs and Policy
Improvement Measures
The NHRCK conducted the survey on the current status of human rights management
and key challenges at SMEs from May to November with the aim of identifying
improvement measures of related laws, policies and institutions for the introduction,
practice, and spread of human rights integrated management at SMEs based on the
survey result.
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II. Major Activities of the Commission