「시민적 및 정치적 권리에 관한 국제규약」과 군장병 인권

Abstract

In Korea, for a long time military service has been called “sacred duty” and military has been a kind of “untouchable.” It is true that many Koreans thought human rights of military persons might be disregarded for building strong army. However, democratization of Korean society during last two decades has brought new change for general attitude toward human rights in military. Violation of human rights of military persons is not accepted any more. Military can not draw people’s support without respect for human rights of military persons. In this article human rights situation in Korean military is reviewed by the standard of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which the Republic of Korea already ratified. Military judicial system, military disciplinary punishment, conscious objection, right to association, right to petition, etc are mainly analyzed. General conclusion is that more improvements of human rights situation in military are required to satisfy the international standard.