With the development of science and information and communication technology, many more complex and subdivided social problems have arisen since the 1990s, and human rights violations have intensified. Accordingly, in order to protect and promote human rights in everyday life, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea prepared a standard draft of the Basic Ordinance on Human Rights in 2012 and recommended the enactment of the Basic Ordinance to local governments, thereby rapidly spreading the human rights ordinance. In July 2010, Jeollabuk-do enacted the human rights ordinance for the third time in Korea and established a department in charge of human rights affairs. However, compared to Gwangju, Seoul, and Gyeonggi-do, the establishment of local human rights systems and protection of citizens' human rights are very insufficient.
The purpose of this thesis is to identify the problems with the human rights administration system in Jeollabuk-do and suggest ways to improve it. To do that, this thesis used two approaches. First, the present state of the basic human rights ordinances, the contents of major articles related to the human rights system among the basic human rights ordinances, and the present state of human rights administration organizations of metropolitan governments in Korea were reviewed. In particular, we focused on the composition of human rights investigation and relief personnel while comparing and analyzing Gyeonggi-do, Gwangju, and Seoul Metropolitan city, where advanced human rights organizations are organized and operated with Jeonbuk. Second, a survey was conducted targeting 521 civil servants from the Jeonbuk Provincial Office and 14 cities and counties to diagnose the human rights reality in Jeollabuk-do and find ways to improve it.
As a result of the analysis, this thesis suggested the following improvement measures. First, the human rights ordinance should include the human rights policy meeting, the human rights charter, the establishment of the Jeonbuk Human Rights Education Center, the establishment of the human rights ombudsman and the contents of the human rights protection officer to establish a system for citizen participation. Second, the independence of human rights relief organizations that investigate and deal with human rights violations must be ensured, and the establishment of a human rights education center is necessary to strengthen the awareness of human rights among civil servants and residents of Jeollabuk-do. Lastly, above all else, it is necessary to make efforts to promote human rights by the heads of local governments in order to spread a culture of human rights throughout society.