경찰공무원의 인권의식 강화를 위한 경찰 인권교육의 개선방안

Abstract

For the police to overcome existing negative image related to human rights and induce people's active participation, there is a need for awareness change for not only the entire organization but also individual police officers. It is because education is one of the most important methods that can bring about changes to not only individual constituents but also the entire organization. Accordingly, this study reviewed the trend of petition cases on human rights violation filed to National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea as well as various dispute cases, and analyzed the present condition of human rights education of the police to present a desirable future direction for human rights education for the police. The study result showed a significant difference in the education time and contents of various local police agencies to due absence of legal standards, and lack of education time as local police agencies were providing as few as 8 hours or two sessions of education. In addition, it was found that numerous programs that are not directly related to human rights education were being conducted under the title of human rights education, and the effectiveness of education could not be ensured due to education provided by internal personnel and large-scale education system. Accordingly, it is necessary for the police to revise related regulations such as 'the regulations of duties of police for human rights protection' to clearly specify the purpose, object, time and contents of human rights education, and develop human rights program according to function and step based on education objects' characteristics to provide programs according to the characteristics and needs of education objects. In addition, it is necessary to expand small-scale education program and utilize outside experts to maximize the effectiveness of education and develop/provide online human rights education program. In addition, portable human rights education material, such as the pocketbook of the UN Commission on Human Rights, to allow the police to always have human rights awareness during the process of police activities.