WHRCF2014 May 16 2014 Kimdaejung Convention Center Plenary Session I 「Roles and Challenges of Local Authorities for Human Rights City」 - OH Hyeong-guk

1. Roles and Challenges of Local Authorities for
Human Rights City
- Focused on Gwangju case

3. Ⅰ.

5. Realizing the value of human rights in a daily life of citizens by
elevation to creative energy

6. Ⅱ.

7. Establishment of
Human Rights
Norms

8. Human Rights City Master Plan, Human Rights Education and
Charter of Human Rights, Human Rights Index, Human Rights
Ombudsman and others

9. Practiceguideline,thefutureblueprintforGwangju,theCityofHumanRights,
EstablishedbythecivilagreementtoimplementhumanrightsforGwangjucommu
518 characters, 18 lines, 5 paragraphsPreamble
(Section 1) City of free communication and participation
(Section 2) City realizing happy life
(Section 3) Affectionate city embracing the social minorities
(Section 4) Pleasant and safe city
(Section 5) City creating and cooperating for culture
18 Articles, 5 SectionsMain Body
3 provisionsUnderstanding of
Charter

10. Publication of the Charter of Human Rights
Publication of the manual on the Charter of
Human Rights
Production of Animation on the Charter of Human
Rights
Production of desk calendar and poster calendar
Ceremony to declare the Charter of Human Rights
Human rights improvement Idea
contest
Human rights works contest

11. Implementation
of Human Rights
System

12. Manager: private person with experience and expertise
Establishment of human rights master plan and execution of Charter
of Human Rights ➟ Build the human rights system
Civil Committee for Human rights Promotion ➟ Operate human
rights governance
World Human Rights Cities Forum ➟ International activities
Neutral human rights supervision･aid ➟ Execute human rights
ombudsman
Enhancement of historic value and brand of human rights city ➟
Carry on the spirit of 5･18 Pro-democracy Movement

13. Assessment/deliberation
/advice on Human Rights City
Master Plan/Human Rights
Impact Assessment
Information sharing on
human rights trend and
Joint learning and communication
among public, government and
Academic sector
Plan the approach to promote
human rights city
Identification/proposal of human
rights policy.
Permanent communication channel
among human rights organizationsMunicipal Government
Human Rights
Governance
Civil Committee for Human
Rights Promotion
(20 members/16 meetings
held)
Human Rights Policy
Round Table
(22 meetings held)
Round Table
Conference
(18 members/9 meetings
held))
Joint Meeting of
Human Rights Policy
(10 members/23 meetings
held)
Development/execution/
support of human rights policy

14. 4(Non-permanent)
Labor
1 (Permanent)
(Chairman)
6(Non-permanent)
General Human Rights
1 (Non-permanent)
Women
Youth
2(Non-permanent)
Physically Challenged
Senior Citizens
5(Non-permanent)
Academic Sector
3(Non-permanent)
Immigrants
Human Rights Ombudsman
Support Team
(under Human Rights Office)
Permanent+Non-permanent
(up to 7) (Collegiate
System)

15. Execution of
Human Rights
Policy

16. 목표
5 Strategies
Charter and Ordinance of Human
Rights
Goals
VISION
Human Rights City of Sympathy and
CreativityParticipatory
Community
Human Rights City with
Citizens’ Participation
City of Democracy,
Human Rights and
Peace
Gwangju
United Community
Human Rights City with
Discrimination
Caring Community
Human Rights City with
Stable Life

17. Human rights education for
government employees.
Education for kids, elementary
students, teenagers and college
students.
Human rights lecture with citizens.
Human rights education for the
human rights vulnerable
Education for social workers
Operation of regional human rights
education council
Development of human rights
instructors
Development of human rights
education programs and textbooks
Activation of human rights
education and forum
Execution of human rights
culture projects with citizens’
participation

19. Practical tool of the Gwangju Charter of Human Rights
to measure the human rights level of Gwangju
community and improve the quality of life
man Rights Index
im of basic philosophy and practical norms
ecution of rights and responsibilities
tails of activities for private and public sector
plementation of human rights administration
Gwangju Charter of Human Rights
18 Actions in 5 Fields
100 Human Rights Index
Policy Development/Assessment/Monitoring
Civil Society Agreement
Expression of human rights level
Ordinance & systematization

20. 0
5
10
15
자유롭게
소통하고
참여하는
도시
행복한
삶을
실현하는
도시
사회적
약자와
함께하는
따뜻한
도시
쾌적한
환경과
안전한
도시
문화를
창조하는
연대하는
도시
개선율(%) 8.2 5.3 6.3 14.2 6.3
8.2
5.3 6.3
14.2
6.3
[Improvement Ratio in 5 Fields]
City of free participation and communication
City realizing happy life
Affectionate city embracing the social vulnerable
Pleasant and safe city
City creating and cooperating for culturee.
Execution of 100 human rights index for 18 actions in 5 fields
Gradual improvement of human rights level with the average improvement ratio
of 8.1% in 2013 over 2012
- Social employment increase: 50.85%
- Participation of volunteers: 66.7%
- Introduction of transportation for the transportation vulnerable: 68.4%

21. Expansion of
Human Rights
Culture

22. Check the implementation
status of human rights
administration
Completion
of human
rights
education
Achievement of
identification and
implementation of the
actions to improve
human rights
Reflection on
Performance
Assessment(BSC)

23. Period : March 2013 ~ Dec. 2014.
Main Agents: Human Rights Culture Village, Expert Advisory Group
★ 3 villages started in 2013– Ilgok village(Buk-gu), Wunnam village (Gwangsan-
gu), Bamsil village(Dong-gu)
★ 3 villages added in 2014 – To be selected in Seo-gu and Nam-gu.
Project Cost: 140 Million Won (50 Million Won in 2013/90 Million Won in 2014)
Practical implementation
In a daily life of citizensCharterofHumanRights,HumanRightsIndex
OrdinanceofHumanRights
HumanRightsOmbudsman

24. Community Human
Rights School
Village Round-table
Meeting
Production of Village
Human Rights Map

25. 25 projects / 183,320,000 Won supported
Support the public interest projects by private organizations for
improvement of human rights including human rights-friendly
Visiting Human Rights School Survey on young workers
Find Human Rights in our
village. Citizens say about
human rights
Presentation on the
achievement of the joint
project with human rights
organizations

26. World Human Rights
Cities Forum
▶May 15~18, 2011 (Global human rights realization starting from cities)
▶May 15~18, 2012 (Cities and human rights)
▶May 15~18, 2013 (Sustainable human rights cities)

27. Ⅲ.Ⅲ.

28. Human Rights Administration
System Settlement
Expansion of
Citizens’
Participation
Organization of
Global Network of Cities
Expansion of cooperation
Among human rights agents
Build the cycling system of planning, execution and assessment of
human rights policy
Settlement of extensive and systematic human rights polity
management system
Realize the value of human rights by citizens’ wills and participation in
a daily life
Motivate the participation in policies and interest on human rights
Expand the multi-layered cooperation among local authorities, central
governments and UN.
Build the close partnership between municipal governments and state
government.
Organize the network of human rights cities among domestic and
foreign municipal governments
Share the systems, policies and implementation experience among
human rights cities

29. Thank You!