Formulated the Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Sports
The National Human Rights of Korea (NHRCK) developed the Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Sports and recommended it to the Minister of Education, Science and Technology; the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; the Superintendents of each provincial and district public schools; and the President of the Korean Olympic Committee, encouraging them to adopt and implement the Guidelines in order to integrate human rights principles in the sports system.
The NHRCK developed the Guidelines for Human Rights in Sports, aiming to provide the guiding principles for sustainable and systematic policy implementation, to strengthen the protection of human rights in sports, and to empower the participants of sports to foster a culture of human rights in sports.
The Guidelines for Human Rights in Sports comprise of a charter, guidelines to prevent all forms of abuse and violence including sexual abuse, and guidelines to protect the right to education.
The charter affirms that abuse and violence in any form can not be tolerated in sports; and that a systematic human rights policy in sports should be provided at the national level.
The guideline for preventing all forms of abuse and violence attempts to lay a foundation for a comprehensive implementation manual to establish a human rights policy in sports to prevent any possible abuse and violence including sexual abuse.
The guideline for protecting the right to education endorses responsibility of the government and educational institutions to ensure the student athletes’ opportunity to be educated for their optimal development. It emphasizes that it is essential to ensure that the status and employment of coaches will not be jeopardized by the student athletes’ performances.
The NHRCK is planning to organize lectures and seminars on the Guidelines for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Sports in collaboration with relevant institutions.
