The Human Rights Award of Korea ( ko, 대한민국인권상) is the highest human rights award of the

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, bestowed annually by the

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. It was established in 2005 for human rights organizations, and started to award individuals from 2007 to recognise the contribution to Korean and international human rights. The award are presented at annual

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Ceremony on 10 December in every year.

Recipients

2005

# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul #Anti Sexual Discrimination Movement against

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Korea

2006

In 2006, a total of seventeen organisations and individuals received the Human Rights Award of Korea, including: #Kwak Byeong-eun (곽병은), age 53, in recognition of his work with prisoners at the Wonju Correctional Institute since 991 #St. Andrew's Mental Hospital of

Icheon Icheon () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Together with Yeoju, Icheon is known as a center of South Korean ceramic manufacturing and is a UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art. Other famous local products include peaches and rice. Loc ...

City, Gyeonggi Province #''

Seoul Sinmun ''The Seoul Shinmun'' (translating to The Seoul Newspaper) is the oldest daily newspaper in South Korea with more than a century of publication. Its original name was ''Daehan Maeil Sinbo'' (''The Korea Daily News''), which was started on July 1 ...

'' "Minority Report", which writes about human rights issues facing women and minorities #The production team for the

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programme ''Tolerance'' #Countermovement Committee against Sexual Violence in

Gwangju Inhwa School Gwangju Inhwa School () was a school for hearing-impaired students founded in 1961 and located in Gwangju, South Korea. The school made national headlines after its decades-long record of sexually abusing students was uncovered in 2005. Followin ...

2007

#Human Rights Team of the Ministry of National Defense of Korea

2008

Nominee Lee Jeong-yi of the Busan Human Rights Center, well known for her work with prisoners of conscience, was disqualified from consideration after objections by the

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. Conservative groups had accused Lee of being "a pro-North Korea, anti-U.S. activist". An anonymous National Human Rights Commission employee quoted by the ''

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'' objected to the decision and described it as politically motivated. #

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# Judge Advocate General's Corps, Republic of Korea Army

2009

In October 2009, forty-five human rights organisations which had been nominated for the Human Rights Award of Korea issued a statement that they would not participate in the selection process for that year due to concerns over the independence and political bias of newly appointed Human Rights Commission head Hyun Byung-chul. The following month saw broader strife in the HRC; sixty-one HRC advisors also threatened to resign in protest, calling Hyun "nothing more than a 'yes man'" for the Lee Myung-bak administration. #

Yanghee Lee Yanghee Lee (, born 24 July 1956) is a South Korean developmental psychologist and professor at Sungkyunkwan University. She is most noted for her work in international human rights organisations. Education Lee earned her undergraduate (B.S.) de ...

(former chairperson of the

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) #

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# Ansan City

2010

The year 2010 saw further boycotts of the Human Rights Award, including several by student writers who had participated in the essay competition. The Human Rights Commission announced on December 10 that the Incheon League for the Abolition of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (인천장애인차별철폐연대), an organisation which had been selected for the award, would not accept it. A spokesperson for the National League for the Abolition of Discrimination Against People with Disabilities stated that there continued to be concerns over the independence and operation of the Human Rights Committee. # Tae Wonwoo (Partner of Gyeomin and Member of Human Rights Committee of

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) # Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice

2011

Ha Tae-keung Ha Tae-keung ( Korean: 하태경, born 26 April 1968) is South Korean activist and politician who is currently a member of National Assembly representing the 1st constituency of Haeundae District in Busan. He has served as Vice President of the ...

(Member of

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and President of Open Radio for North Korea) # Korea Association of Social Workers #

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2012

# Joung Won Oh (Professor and the President of Social Enterprise Research Institute of Sungkonghoe University) # Dream Start Center of Ministry of Health and Welfare # Human Asia

2013

#Peter Park (Former Youth Ombudsman of Korea and Election Commissioner in Melbourne, Overseas Election Commission of Korea)"세계인권선언 65주년 기념 행사 개최 – 훈장 등‘2013 대한민국 인권상 시상’
"National Human Rights Commission of Korea" # Korea Women's Hotline # Coalition for Human Rights of Abductees and North Korean Refugees

2014

# John Linton (Professor and the President of International Medical Center,

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) # Center for Military Human Rights, Korea # Dongcheon Foundation

2015

# Hyejung Oh (Sister,

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) # The Know Your Rights,

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2016

# Eunjoo Lee (Secretary-General, School Equivalent Examinations Support Association) # Multicultural Family Service Center

References

External links

National Human Rights Commission of Korea
{{Human Rights Awards Human rights awards Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea Awards established in 2007

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