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

Ⅰ.

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

Ⅱ.

Establishment of Human Rights

Norms

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

Practice guideline, the future blueprint for Gwangju, the City of Human Rights,

Established by the civil agreement to implement human rights for Gwangjucommunity.

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

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

Implementation

of Human Rights

System

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

Assessment/deliberation/advice on Human Rights City

Master Plan/Human RightsImpact 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 channelamong human rights organizationsMunicipal Government

Human RightsGovernance

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

4(Non-permanent)Labor

1 (Permanent)(Chairman)

6(Non-permanent)General Human Rights

1 (Non-permanent)WomenYouth

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)

Execution of Human Rights

Policy

목표

5 StrategiesCharter and Ordinance of Human

Rights

Goals

VISIONHuman Rights City of Sympathy and Creativity

Participatory CommunityHuman Rights City with Citizens’ Participation

City of Democracy, Human Rights and PeaceGwangju

United CommunityHuman Rights City with Discrimination

Caring CommunityHuman Rights City with Stable Life

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

Practical tool of the Gwangju Charter of Human Rights

to measure the human rights level of Gwangju

community and improve the quality of life

Human Rights Index

Claim of basic philosophy and practical norms

Execution of rights and responsibilities

Details of activities for private and public sector

Implementation 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

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 communicationCity realizing happy lifeAffectionate city embracing the social vulnerablePleasant and safe cityCity 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%

Expansion of Human Rights

Culture

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)

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 citizensCharter of Human Rights , Human Rights Index

Ordinance of Human Rights

Human Rights Ombudsman

Community Human Rights School

Village Round-table Meeting

Production of Village Human Rights Map

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 workersFind Human Rights in our village. Citizens say about

human rights

Presentation on the achievement of the joint

project with human rights organizations

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)

Ⅲ.Ⅲ.

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

Thank You!