인권중심 지방행정 구현을 위한 인권제도화 방향

This study is focused on the analysis on the development of human rights institution in the local government and the suggestion on the direction that how to develop more effective institution in view of rights-based approach. Recently, a number of local governments have established the human rights system including human rights ordinances, human rights commission, human rights center, ombudsman etc., whatsoever the contents and structures of the institutions are various on the basis of the characteristics of the local community. In the meanwhile, in spite of numerical increment of human rights institutions, the effectiveness of them seems to be vulnerable. One of main reasons is that effectiveness of human rights organization such as human rights commission, human rights unit, human rights center is very vulnerable, especially, in view of size and mandate of the organization itself. Moreover, the human rights sensitivity of administrative powers' is weak as well as the professional capability of staff is not good enough to commit human rights tasks. To guarantee the effectiveness of human rights institutions, on reflection of independent characteristics of human rights commission, strengthening on the decision-making function of the commission, establishment of independent human rights task unit, strengthening on investigation powers of human rights center, guarantee on the mandate of human rights ombudsman are needed to be closely connected to the movement on good governance, which called, ‘human rights-based local administration.’The local government needs to concentrate on building the organization for human rights tasks, and to give continuos education and training opportunity of human rights for all members(including members of human rights commission, staff of human rights organization) in the local community for strengthening of empowerment.