Human Rights Commission "Recommendation to Improve Local Government Workplace Sports Team Management Accepted by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gyeongju City"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] The National Human Rights Commission announced on the 2nd that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and other recommended institutions have accepted the recommendation to improve workplace sports teams related to the petition case of the late athlete Choi Sook-hyun, who died after continuously suffering from violence in the Gyeongju City Triathlon Team.

Last December, the Human Rights Commission recommended the Mayor of Gyeongju City, the President of the Gyeongju City Sports Council, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and others to supplement systems and personnel to ensure proper protection of athletes' human rights in the operation of workplace sports teams, and to prepare measures to revitalize local and workplace sports so that local government workplace sports teams are not operated solely based on performance and competition.

In response, Gyeongju City and the Gyeongju City Sports Council replied that they have secured dedicated personnel and budgets to inspect the operation of workplace sports teams throughout the year, revised the operation management regulations of workplace sports teams to improve treatment such as prevention of sexual harassment and bullying of athletes, disaster compensation, and safety and health.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated that to improve the operation of workplace sports teams, it has prepared a standard athlete contract and performance evaluation system improvement plan, disseminated and implemented them to local governments, and is currently consulting with related organizations to add items related to human rights improvement of workplace sports teams to the joint evaluation indicators for local governments.

The Human Rights Commission held the 2nd Infringement Relief Committee on the 8th of last month and judged that the recommended institutions have accepted the recommendations and decided to disclose the related contents.

Separately from this recommendation, the Human Rights Commission is currently inspecting the implementation status of each institution following the policy improvement recommendation made last July to local government heads operating workplace sports teams to protect and promote athletes' human rights.

The Human Rights Commission stated, "We will continue to strive to spread awareness that protecting the human rights of workplace sports team athletes is the first step toward revitalizing local and workplace sports."

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