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
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Part 3 Appendices
cooperation with internal and external organizations, have greatly limited the flow of information