A Comparative Study on the Framework Plan for the Promotion of Human Rights in Local Governments

Abstract

This study seeks to enhance the practical ability of the basic human rights promotion plan in the future by comparing the policy directions and detailed projects of the basic human rights promotion plan in local governments as the interest in human rights expands. The Basic Human Rights Promotion Plan is a comprehensive human rights plan that improves laws, systems, policies and practices by reflecting the Charter or Declaration of Human Rights in a policy manner, usually on a three- to five-year basis. It also proposes a basic direction and action plan for human rights policies to gradually implement human rights norms at the local government level. The establishment of a basic plan for the promotion of human rights by local governments, despite its importance, often gives meaning to the planning itself or is set up as a plan for the planning without being linked to the execution. In addition, many of the human rights plans overlap with the universal projects of welfare programs, with the basic human rights promotion plan not clearly divided between human rights and welfare. This is something to consider and need to be improved in the development of a basic human rights plan.