The Civil Sector Education Team of the Human Rights Education Bureau of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) has published a collection of human rights education programs developed and executed by the Commission in 2006. The book consists of four chapters including mass media and human rights for broadcasters, journalists, corporate activities and human rights for workers in the business sector.
The first chapter, titled Media and Human Rights, discusses why human rights are important in the media. The chapter also discusses how the media currently represents minorities and uses the guidelines of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) as a model.
The second chapter, titled Corporate Activities and Human Rights, introduces the domestic and international environments of the corporate world that require a human rights perspective, aiming to increase the human rights sensitivity of employees in business. The chapter also discusses human rights issues and international standards pertaining to migrant workers, which is an issue of great interest to the Korean public.
The third chapter, titled Human Rights for Teenagers, provides an understanding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, human rights for teenagers, and human rights issues in schools through complaints submitted to the Commission. This chapter also introduces uses practical examples—such as the liberalization of hair, the establishment of CCTV for school violence prevention, et.—to suggest methods for initiating human rights education programs for teenagers.
The fourth chapter, titled ICE Breakers, includes commonly known strategies in human rights teaching pedagogy, such as the OX human rights quiz, techniques for introducing participants to one another, strategies for encouraging the sharing of discriminatory experiences and provides suggestions for the use of human rights materials from the Commission.
The resource book published by Civil Sector Education Team is available to any organization or activists’ group conducting human rights education training. The Commission hopes that this publication will become a staple in the human rights education for broadcasting and corporate employees.
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea was established in 2001 to promote human rights education and defend those who have experienced discrimination, or have had a right violated, in Korea. The Commission offers counseling, full investigation and protection for residents, along with educational initiatives for organizations.
