Police Agency to Improve Human Rights Education System... Accepts Human Rights Commission Recommendations

National Human Rights Commission building. Photo by Human Rights Commission

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The National Human Rights Commission announced on the 9th that the National Police Agency has accepted its recommendation to establish legal grounds for mandatory and strengthened human rights education for police officers.

On the same day, the Human Rights Commission disclosed the National Police Agency Chief's response stating, "We will pursue amendments to the 'Act on the Organization and Operation of the National Police and Autonomous Police' to include mandatory and enhanced human rights education, and revise the 'Police Human Rights Protection Regulations'." The response also included plans to expand and reorganize the CARE (Victim-Human Rights Portal) system currently operated by the police, and to form a Police Human Rights Education Council.

Starting this month, the 'Police Officer Duty Execution Act,' which reduces criminal liability for police officers regarding damages incurred during duty performance, was amended and implemented. Some have expressed concerns that this exemption provision may lead to an increase in human rights violations by the police. In response, the Human Rights Commission judged that "improving police awareness of human rights and human rights education has become an even more important task," and recommended related institutional improvements to the National Police Agency in September last year.

The Human Rights Commission stated, "We welcome the National Police Agency's full acceptance of the recommendation and the submission of plans to improve the system for strengthening human rights education," and added, "We plan to monitor the implementation status to ensure the recommendation is effectively carried out in the future."

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