[Professor Emeritus of Gyeongsang National University Sociology Department]
There are three main aspects to the institutionalization of human rights cities in Korea.
The first aspect involves establishing ordinances, a legislative element of human rights implementation. As of September 2021, all of the 17 metropolitan and provincial governments and 108 out of 226 municipalities (47.8%) have a human rights ordinance in place. The percentage of local governments having such an ordinance is higher in urban areas than in their rural counterparts. Human rights ordinances include those for the disabled, immigrants, youths, janitors at multi-family housing, people engaging in emotional labor, and infectious disease patients
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The sharing of information and ideas on future directions at the Korea Human Rights Conference, the Jeju Human Rights Conference, the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in Gwangju, and the Seoul Human Rights Conference have contributed to the movement for growing human rights cities that transcend regions, groups, and nations.
Human Rights Cities in Korea and Other Countries
KIM Jungsup
[Professor Emeritus of Gyeongsang National University Sociology Department]
There are three main aspects to the institutionalization of human rights cities in Korea.
The first aspect involves establishing ordinances, a legislative element of human rights implementation. As of September 2021, all of the 17 metropolitan and provincial governments and 108 out of 226 municipalities (47.8%) have a human rights ordinance in place. The percentage of local governments having such an ordinance is higher in urban areas than in their rural counterparts. Human rights ordinances include those for the disabled, immigrants, youths, janitors at multi-family housing, people engaging in emotional labor, and infectious disease patients
.
.
.
The sharing of information and ideas on future directions at the Korea Human Rights Conference, the Jeju Human Rights Conference, the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in Gwangju, and the Seoul Human Rights Conference have contributed to the movement for growing human rights cities that transcend regions, groups, and nations.