Human Rights Commission Recommends Protection of Human Rights for Elementary to High School Student Athletes; Accepted by 20 Institutions Including Ministry of Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] It has been revealed that 20 organizations, including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and various city and provincial education offices, have accepted the National Human Rights Commission's recommendation to establish measures to protect the human rights of elementary, middle, and high school student athletes.

On the 31st, the Human Rights Commission announced that the relevant organizations have notified that they plan to implement the Commission's policy recommendations for the protection and promotion of student athletes' human rights. On June 23 of last year, the Commission recommended 16 measures to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Sports Council, and 17 education offices, including ▲expanding the safety net for protecting student athletes' human rights ▲preventing human rights violations against student athletes ▲strengthening responses to violence and sexual violence against student athletes.

First, the Ministry of Education announced plans to amend the 'School Sports Promotion Act' to specify the obligations of school principals and sports team coaches for the protection of student athletes, and to continuously conduct on-site inspections to prevent human rights violations caused by boarding. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also plans to add crimes against athletes as disqualifications for sports coaches and to establish a 'Sports Coach Qualification Management Committee' aimed at the swift disposition of misconduct by coaches.

Furthermore, the Korea Sports Council is conducting a research project to develop a model guideline for safety management at student athlete competitions, and each city and provincial education office will improve evaluation indicators so that efforts to protect student athletes' human rights are reflected when hiring or renewing contracts for sports team coaches. The Human Rights Commission explained, "This year, we have selected 'Inspection of the Implementation of Policy Recommendations in the Sports Sector' as a major task to closely monitor the implementation status of the recommendations for the protection and promotion of student athletes' human rights by the recommended organizations."

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