Human Rights Commission and Civil-Military Joint Committee Discuss Military Human Rights Issues: "Military Human Rights Protection Officer Must Be Introduced Promptly"

Song Doo-hwan, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (left), and Park Eun-jung, Chairperson of the Civil-Military Joint Committee, met on the 29th at the Human Rights Commission in Jung-gu, Seoul, to discuss the necessity of introducing a Military Human Rights Officer.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] On the 29th, Song Doo-hwan, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, met with Park Eun-jung, Co-Chairperson of the Civil-Military Joint Committee, and expressed agreement that the introduction of the 'Military Human Rights Protection Officer' should be expedited to prevent human rights violations in the military.

Chairperson Song and Co-Chairperson Park shared the view that although the need for the Military Human Rights Protection Officer has been continuously raised since the death of Private Yoon in 2014, the system has not yet been introduced, and since related bills are pending in the National Assembly's Steering Committee, they must be passed during this regular session of the National Assembly.

The Military Human Rights Protection Officer is a system designed to prevent ongoing human rights violations within the military and to ensure prompt intervention and remedy when violations occur. The Human Rights Commission expects that the introduction of this system will further strengthen its military human rights investigation functions.

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