If the majority of human rights committees agree, the possibility of the announcement
Submit opinions ahead of all victim support groups
Victim “Please check the facts to save life”
National Human Rights Commissioner Choi Young-ae is speaking at the 26th Standing Committee of 2020 held at the National Human Rights Committee in Jung-gu, Seoul last July. On this day, the standing committee decided to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment by former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. By Baek So-ah, staff reporter [email protected]
On the 25th, the National Human Rights Commission (HRC)’s highest voting body, the All Rights Committee, will discuss the results of the ex officio investigation of the case of sexual harassment of former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as an agenda. If the opinions of the committee members gather, there is a possibility that the results of the ex officio investigation will be announced. In a petition previously submitted to the Human Rights Commission, the victim said, “I ask you to calm the confusion in our society through fact check to save someone’s life, not fact check to punish someone.” The Human Rights Commission is scheduled to hold a second committee meeting at 2 pm on the 25th in 2021 to decide whether to decide whether to make a decision on the report on the results of an ex officio investigation such as sexual harassment of the mayor of Seoul. The All Committee, the highest voting body of the Human Rights Commission, is composed of 11 human rights committee members including 1 chairman, 3 standing members and 7 non-standing members. 10 people will attend the committee on the 25th, except for Yoon Seok-hee, chairman of the Korean Women’s Bar Association, who is in the process of appointment by the appointment of Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo. The agenda that has been on the top of the board is decided with the approval of a majority of the current human rights commissioners, and the vote may be postponed if the members’ opinions are not gathered. The Korean Sexual Violence Counseling Center and the Korean Women’s Phone, which are supporting victims, submitted their opinions to the Human Rights Commission on the 21st before the all committees were held. In a written opinion, the victim support organization stated that it is necessary to recommend corrective action by the Human Rights Commission on △recruitment and placement of gender-discriminated female secretaries, △the issue of labor issues as an aid to the gender-discriminatory market, and △ a powerful vertical structure that does not check the will of the market. In particular, these groups said, “The victim has filed a complaint to stop further damage. However, legal rights were blocked, and the secondary damage was more like a tsunami, hitting the victims and their families.” “The victim’s earnest request to the NHRCK is to confirm that the victims’ human rights violations are the result of the cessation of laws and institutions.” The opinions released by the victim support group also included some of the contents of the petition submitted by the victim to the Human Rights Commission on the 4th. In the petition, after the announcement of the police investigation results, some supporters of Mayor Park attacked him by referring to him as “innocent, murderer,” and photos and videos of himself were posted on the website. “Severe secondary abuse”Complained that he was suffering from The victim said, “My last hope is to announce the results of an ex officio investigation by the Human Rights Commission. He said, receiving confirmation of my infringed’human rights’ from an agency to protect’human rights’ would be the first step to revive my mind and body in the midst of the secondary abuses inflicted during this confusion.”
On July 30, last year, the Human Rights Commissioner Choi Young-ae and the three standing members unanimously decided to initiate an ex officio investigation into the allegations of Mayor Park.Until recently, the victims and the Seoul Metropolitan Government received relevant data and conducted an investigation. By Lim Jae-woo, staff reporter [email protected]