Commission's Major Activities
National Human Rights Commission of Korea Annual Report 2016
human rights education meeting, older person human rights education meeting, infant human
rights education meeting, and college human rights education meeting, to discuss about human
rights education for personnel in the respective areas.
The school human rights education meeting was attended by human rights specialists from
the Ministry of Education and 17 education offices at the municipal or provincial level. The
participants discussed ways to promote interagency cooperation by sharing best cases and key
programme contents.
The college human rights education meeting made a status-check of human rights education
in colleges and agreed on close cooperation between the Commissin and colleges. At the
older person human rights education meeting, a request was received regarding efforts by
the Commission to make way for institutional arrangements for human rights education. The
meeting also recommended legislation for more human rights education pertaining to older
persons. At the infant human rights education meeting, consultation was held with the relevant
local government officers to ensure that childcare personnel receive proper human rights
education.
The Commission convened a meeting of the special committee for human rights education
two times (3 August and 8 December) to hear about future considerations and programme
directions.
In line with the rising interest in human rights in local governments following the enactment
of the Human Rights Ordinance, the Commission hosted the 2nd Korean Human Rights
Conference (24-25 March, Resom Spa Castle in Deoksan, Chungcheongnam-do Province)
jointly with the Korea Human Rights Foundation. At the World Human Rights Cities Forum
(Gwangju), human rights promotion workshops (Ulsan), and other municipal or provincial
human rights education events, the Commission presented guidelines for technical support and
education to ensure consistency in human rights education.
The Commission also signed MOUs with the education offices of metropolitan cities to
create human rights-friendly culture in schools. In addition to the existing MOUs signed with
the Daegu Education Office, Seoul Education Office, Gwangju Education Office, Gangwon
Province Education Office, Gyeongsangnam-do Province Education Office, and Daejeon
Education Office, the Commission signed an MOU with the Busan Education Office in 2016.
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