Rights Commission Act. The duty of the military human rights officer is to guarantee the
fundamental rights of soldiers and to remedy the violations. For this, the methods and
procedures for visits to military units, notification, information to be notified to the
committee in case a soldier dies while serving, method of requesting participation in
investigations, and substance of the notification have been established. Moreover, regarding
sports human rights, the NHRCK amended the ‘Sports Human Rights Charter’ and ‘Sports
Human Rights Guidelines’ prepared on Dec. 12, 2010, and recommended to the Minister of
Education, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the superintendent of education in
each city and province, and the president of the Korea Sports Council to adopt and educate
them.668)
The enactment of the Anti-Discrimination Act and the Framework Act on Human Rights
Policy are being delayed. The Anti-Discrimination Act had its first public hearing in the
National Assembly, 15 years after it was first proposed, and various civil groups continued
their activities for the legislation; however, the National Assembly and some organizations
were passive in enacting the bill for the reason of ‘social consensus.’ 42 UN special rapporteurs
issued a statement before the 2022 Human Rights Day on Dec. 7, 2022, urging each UN
member state to prioritize enacting, enforcing and implementing anti-discrimination laws.
The Framework Act on Human Rights Policy jointly submitted to the National Assembly
by the NHRCK and the Ministry of Justice at the end of 2021 is pending without special
discussion, except for the need to enact it to guarantee regional human rights. In addition, the
3rd Human Rights NAP expired in 2022, but the 4th Human Rights NAP is not yet prepared.
The NHRCK recommended 100 key tasks to the President in July to prepare the 4th Human
Rights NAP, but was not prepared prior to the beginning of 2023.
There are no absolute answers in the laws surrounding human rights. It is always
necessary to think about a better system or an alternative system to protect the people’s
human rights. From this perspective, in order to see whether the human rights protection
system is well prepared and working in Korea in 2022, this report examines the issues of
local human rights administration, student human rights ordinances, and educational
curriculum, which were discussed much in 2022.
668) NHRCK, Decided on Dec. 12, 2022, Recommendation to implement the Sports Human Rights Charter and
Guidelines (Amended).
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