Shinan-gun to Establish a Strong 'Basic Human Rights Ordinance' That No One Can Challenge

Temporary Workers at Workplaces Also Considered 'Residents'... Strong Measures Including Support Fund Recovery for Human Rights Violations

To Be Submitted at the 2nd Regular Session of Sinan-gun Council Starting on the 19th

Scenic view of Sinan-gun government office Photo by Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, plans to enact a strong “Basic Human Rights Ordinance” at a level that no one can object to, as the positive image of Sinan-gun, which had been painstakingly built, is collapsing due to recent human rights violations occurring at some workplaces, and even innocent residents are being treated like accomplices by some netizens, resulting in reverse discrimination.

According to the county on the 2nd, the “Sinan-gun Basic Human Rights Ordinance” is expected to contain strong and specific provisions to the extent that no one can dispute its interpretation and application.

In particular, the scope of “residents” to be protected under the Basic Human Rights Ordinance will be expanded to include not only people with addresses in Sinan-gun but also those staying for the purpose of residence, people engaged in businesses located in Sinan-gun, and workers at those workplaces.

With the expanded definition of residents under the human rights ordinance, not only local residents but also migrant workers, residents from other regions, and people with disabilities working in salt farms, aquaculture farms, and farms?areas that have been institutional blind spots for human rights monitoring?will be included in the “human rights protection net” and thus receive substantial human rights protection.

Additionally, strong punitive provisions are being considered, such as full recovery of subsidies or grants if human rights violations occur at workplaces receiving local government support, or barring participation in such businesses for a certain period.

Sinan-gun also plans to include provisions for establishing a Human Rights Committee, developing a Sinan-type Human Rights Index, publishing a Human Rights White Paper, and implementing human rights education in the ordinance.

County Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, “Sinan, the ‘1004 Islands,’ is currently attracting global media attention with its ‘one island, one art museum’ and ‘one island, one flower gardening’ initiatives, and is becoming an island where anyone wants to live by receiving ‘solar welfare pensions’ through renewable energy profit-sharing.” He added, “By enacting the ‘Sinan-gun Basic Human Rights Ordinance,’ we plan to lay the foundation of human rights for a community where anyone can live and work comfortably.”

Meanwhile, Sinan-gun has spent the past year researching and analyzing domestic and overseas cases to create the “Sinan-type Human Rights Policy,” as well as compiling advice from domestic human rights organizations and activists.

Sinan-gun plans to submit the “Basic Human Rights Ordinance” to the 2nd regular session of the Sinan-gun Council starting on the 19th.

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